46.3% ▼ -3.9%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 48.2%
- 2016: 36.4%
- 2021: 46.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Araluen · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Araluen
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
More residents hold university degrees here than in most similar areas, though Araluen still falls well below the state and national figures. Only 46.3% of people finished Year 12, which is far below the national average of 58.8%. This suggests a local workforce that relies more on trade qualifications than formal schooling.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion sits at 46.3%, which is far below both New South Wales and Australia. About 30% of residents finished Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Araluen, the largest group is Year 12 at 49%, followed by Year 10 (31%) and Year 9 or below (11%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
While 20% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher—a rate higher than most similar areas—this is still well below the national figure of 26.3%. Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common, held by 39% of residents.
20.0% ▲ +15.0%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.4%
- 2016: 16.8%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →In Araluen, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 45%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (21%) and Bachelor degree (17%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in this area are spread across several fields, with management and commerce at 17.1% and engineering at 15.4%. Architecture and building follow at 13%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of the area, making it smaller than about 59% of similar locations.
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Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools serving the area — within 3 km of small areas, or inside larger ones. A measure of access (catchments overlap, so don't add it across areas).
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Araluen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10071/araluen/topic/education