39.3% ▼ -3.9%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 40.9%
- 2016: 31.3%
- 2021: 39.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Conargo · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Conargo
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Agriculture and environment degrees are the most common qualification in Conargo, held by 34.7% of residents. While many people have a university degree, a smaller proportion finished high school compared to the national average. This mix shows a community where professional training and practical skills are both common.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 39.3% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This is lower than most similar areas.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Conargo, the largest group is Year 12 at 45%, followed by Year 10 (32%) and Year 9 or below (16%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
About 21.3% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is higher than most similar areas but still well below the New South Wales average of 27.8%. Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common, held by 36.7% of people.
21.3% ▲ +62.2%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.2%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 21.3%
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 Conargo, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 38%, followed by Bachelor degree (27%) and Graduate diploma / certificate (13%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in agriculture and environment are the most frequent at 34.7%, followed by management and commerce at 18.4%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has 31.25 schools per 1,000 children, among the highest for its type, though these are small primary government schools with an average size of just 12 students.
31.25
Higher than 95% 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).
12
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
874
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Conargo
1 school — 12 students, average ICSEA 874.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Conargo Public School, Conargo | Government | Primary | 6.3 km | 12 | 874 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Conargo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10998/conargo/topic/education