54.5% —
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 46.9%
- 2021: 54.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Errowanbang · Suburb / Locality
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A quarter of adults in Errowanbang hold a bachelor degree, reflecting a higher level of qualification than most similar areas. While educational attainment is higher than in many nearby spots, it remains well below the state and national figures.
Highest year of school completed.
Around 54.5% of residents completed Year 12, which is higher than most similar areas but still well below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. About 42.4% of people finished Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
54.5% —
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
In Errowanbang, the largest group is Year 12 at 49%, followed by Year 10 (38%) and Year 9 or below (14%).
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 21.2% of the population. This is a higher proportion than in most similar areas, though it is well below the Australian average of 26.3%.
21.2% —
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
In Errowanbang, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 50%, followed by Certificate III / IV (29%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (21%).
What people studied.
Qualifications in Errowanbang are spread across several fields, with health and management and commerce both accounting for 21.4% of degrees, followed by agriculture and environment at 14.3%.
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of the area, 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).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Errowanbang [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11440/errowanbang/topic/education