53.1% ▲ +32.5%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 40.1%
- 2016: 41.2%
- 2021: 53.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Dooralong · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Dooralong
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
More than half of Dooralong residents have finished Year 12, which is a higher rate than in most similar areas. While the area performs well compared to its peers, overall schooling and university rates remain well below the state and national figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 53.1% of people completed Year 12, which is higher than most similar areas but still well below the New South Wales rate of 58.9%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Dooralong, Year 12 is the majority at 56%; Year 10 is next at 34%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Bachelor degrees or higher are held by 21.7% of adults, a figure that is higher than in most similar areas but well below the Australian average of 26.3%.
21.7% ▲ +49.2%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.5%
- 2016: 15.7%
- 2021: 21.7%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Dooralong splits fairly evenly between Bachelor degree (31%) and Certificate III / IV (31%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 25%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in the area are most common in Engineering and related fields at 17.1%, followed by Management and commerce at 14.9%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of the area, making it smaller in this regard than about 59% of similar areas.
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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).
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Dooralong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11278/dooralong/topic/education