52.9% —
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 37.5%
- 2021: 52.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Currawang · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Currawang
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A significant gap exists between Currawang and the rest of the country, with only 52.9% of residents completing Year 12. While this is higher than in many similar areas, it remains well below the national figure of 58.8%. Despite this, about a quarter of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Completing Year 12 is less common here than in the state or nation, where the figures are around 59%. Roughly 27.9% of people stopped their schooling at Year 10, and 10.7% finished at Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Currawang, Year 12 is the majority at 56%; Year 10 is next at 30%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The proportion of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is 24.8%, which is much higher than in most similar areas but still a little below the Australian average. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 31.1% of residents.
24.8% —
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.6%
- 2021: 24.8%
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 Currawang, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 39%, followed by Bachelor degree (27%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Engineering and related fields are the most common areas of study for qualified residents at 18.9%. This is followed by management and commerce at 12.3%, and society and culture at 11.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one government primary school, which is much smaller than most schools with an average size of 25 students. This school has an advantage score of 1,038, which is much higher than in most areas.
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).
25
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,038
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Currawang
1 school — 25 students, average ICSEA 1,038.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Collector Public School, Collector | Government | Primary | 12.1 km | 25 | 1,038 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Currawang [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11178/currawang/topic/education