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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).
Big Ridge · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Big Ridge
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
No schools are located within 3 km of Big Ridge, making it a place where residents must travel for education. This lack of local facilities is a defining feature of the area's educational landscape.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
The most common highest year of school is Year 9 or below at 36%, ahead of Year 10 (29%).
Highest year of school
View on map →In Big Ridge, the largest group is Year 9 or below at 42%, followed by Year 10 (33%) and Year 12 (25%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The most common highest qualification level is Certificate III / IV at 31%, ahead of Postgraduate degree (0%).
Highest qualification level
View on map →In Big Ridge, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 100%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Engineering & related at 62%, ahead of Natural & physical sciences (0%).
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are zero schools within 3 km of Big Ridge, which is a smaller number of facilities than about 59% of similar areas.
Sources
- Australian Schools List — Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), 2025 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Big Ridge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10343/big-ridge/topic/education