25.2% ▲ +14.5%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.0%
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 25.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Ashford · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Ashford
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 25.2% of people in Ashford have completed Year 12, a figure far below the national average. This indicates a community where most adults have left school early, and very few have gone on to achieve higher degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Completing Year 12 is far less common here than in the rest of the state, with 34.5% of residents reaching Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Ashford, the largest group is Year 10 at 39%, followed by Year 12 (28%) and Year 9 or below (26%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is rare in the area, with only 4.1% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. Most qualified adults hold a Certificate III or IV.
4.1% ▼ -19.9%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.1%
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 4.1%
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 Ashford, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 61%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 19%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are engineering (15.4%) and society and culture (11.7%), followed by health at 10.5%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Ashford has a high number of schools per 1,000 children compared to most areas, though these are small government-run combined schools with low advantage scores.
10.31
Higher than 75% 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).
119
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
808
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Ashford
1 school — 119 students, average ICSEA 808.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Combined 1
| Ashford Central School, Ashford | Government | Combined | 7.8 km | 119 | 808 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Ashford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10100/ashford/topic/education