33.9% ▲ +30.3%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.0%
- 2016: 29.8%
- 2021: 33.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Ariah Park · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Ariah Park
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people have finished high school in Ariah Park than in most similar areas. Only 33.9% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This trend of lower school completion is mirrored in the qualification rates for adults in the area.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Just over a third of residents finished Year 12, while 37.1% of people listed Year 10 as their highest year of school. These figures are far below the New South Wales average.
Highest year of school
View on map →Ariah Park splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (41%) and Year 12 (38%), with Year 9 or below at 18%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 12.8% of the population, which is far below the 26.3% seen across Australia. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 33.8% of residents.
12.8% ▲ +40.7%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 12.8%
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 Ariah Park, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 48%, followed by Bachelor degree (23%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (14%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in the area are spread across several fields, with management and commerce being the most common at 12.5%, followed by engineering and related fields at 12%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has 12.05 schools per 1,000 children, which is much higher than most areas. The local school is a government-run combined school with an average size of 123 students.
12.05
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
1
Lower than 57% 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).
123
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
947
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Ariah Park
1 school — 123 students, average ICSEA 947.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Combined 1
| Ariah Park Central School, Ariah Park | Government | Combined | 4.9 km | 123 | 947 |
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Ariah Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10082/ariah-park/topic/education