43.1% ▲ +10.8%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.9%
- 2016: 38.5%
- 2021: 43.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Edith · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Edith
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A lack of local schools means residents of Edith must travel elsewhere for learning, though many adults here hold high-level qualifications. While only 43.1% of people finished Year 12, over a fifth of adults have a bachelor degree or higher.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Finishing Year 12 is less common here than across the state, with only 43.1% of residents completing it. This is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Edith, the largest group is Year 12 at 48%, followed by Year 10 (38%) and Year 9 or below (11%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
About 21.6% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is higher than most similar areas. However, this remains well below the national figure of 26.3%.
21.6% ▲ +73.4%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 15.5%
- 2021: 21.6%
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 Edith, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 38%, followed by Bachelor degree (30%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (17%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common qualifications are in management and commerce at 13.5%, followed by engineering at 12.2% and agriculture and environment at 10.8%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 kilometres of the area, making it smaller for education access than about 59% of similar places.
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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).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Edith [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11385/edith/topic/education