54.7% —
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 53.0%
- 2021: 54.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Edgeroi · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Edgeroi
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 9.2 percentage points exists between Edgeroi and the New South Wales average for adults with a bachelor degree. While qualifications are higher than in many similar areas, this community still falls well below state and national figures for both school and university completion.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 54.7% of residents completed Year 12, which is higher than most similar areas but still well below the national figure of 58.8%. Other common outcomes include Year 10, finished by 18.7% of people.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Edgeroi, Year 12 is the majority at 64%; Year 10 is next at 22%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 18.7% of the population. This is higher than most similar areas, though it remains well below the 26.3% seen across Australia.
18.7% —
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 18.7%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Edgeroi splits fairly evenly between Bachelor degree (39%) and Certificate III / IV (36%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 14%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Degrees in Edgeroi are most common in health (20.4%), followed by agriculture and environment (18.4%) and management and commerce (18.4%).
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km, a situation more common than in 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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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Edgeroi [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11383/edgeroi/topic/education