27.8% ▼ -10.7%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.1%
- 2016: 30.2%
- 2021: 27.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Darawank · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Darawank
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 31 percentage points separates Darawank from the state average in school completion rates. Only 27.8% of residents have finished Year 12, which is far below the figures for New South Wales and Australia. This reflects a trend where fewer people in the area have completed high school compared to most other regions.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Just 27.8% of people here completed Year 12, which is much lower than most areas. The most common highest level of schooling reached is Year 10, at 34.2%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Darawank, the largest group is Year 10 at 40%, followed by Year 12 (32%) and Year 9 or below (18%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 13% of the population, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 36.9% of residents.
13.0% ▲ +29.4%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 13.0%
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 Darawank, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 51%; Bachelor degree is next at 21%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Those with qualifications in Darawank are most often trained in Engineering and related fields (14.9%) or Management and commerce (14.1%). Health and Society and culture are also common areas of study.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are three schools within 3km, which is more than 70% of similar areas. All of these schools are government-run, with two-thirds being secondary schools and one-third being primary.
3
Higher than 67% 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).
394
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
955
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Darawank
3 schools — 1,181 students, average ICSEA 955.
By sector: Government 3
By type: Secondary 2 · Primary 1
| Great Lakes College Senior Campus, Tuncurry | Government | Secondary | 6.0 km | 349 | 988 |
| Great Lakes College Tuncurry Campus, Tuncurry | Government | Secondary | 6.1 km | 466 | 949 |
| Tuncurry Public School, Tuncurry | Government | Primary | 7.1 km | 366 | 930 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Darawank [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11204/darawank/topic/education