46.3% ▲ +36.6%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.9%
- 2016: 32.0%
- 2021: 46.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Farley · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Farley
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer than half of adults in Farley have finished Year 12, making it a place where the typical resident is less likely to hold formal school or university degrees. Only 14.7% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 46.3% of people completed Year 12, which is far below the figures for both New South Wales and Australia. This is around the middle for similar areas.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Farley, Year 12 is the majority at 51%; Year 10 is next at 31%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a university degree are far fewer here than in the state or nation, though 40.1% of those with qualifications hold a Certificate III or IV.
14.7% ▼ -4.2%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.4%
- 2016: 14.6%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →In Farley, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 50%, followed by Bachelor degree (27%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (15%).
Field of study
What people studied.
For those with a qualification, the most common fields are management and commerce at 20.1%, followed by engineering at 14.1% and health at 13.4%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Farley has more schools per child than most areas, with 14 schools within 3km. These schools are much larger than average, though they have a lower advantage score than most areas.
7.69
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
14
Higher than 84% 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).
555
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
967
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Farley
14 schools — 7,765 students, average ICSEA 967.
By sector: Government 7 · Catholic 5 · Independent 2
By type: Primary 10 · Secondary 4
| Telarah Public School, Maitland | Government | Primary | 3.0 km | 519 | 879 |
| St Paul's Primary School, Rutherford | Catholic | Primary | 3.1 km | 370 | 996 |
| Gillieston Public School, Gillieston Heights | Government | Primary | 3.2 km | 404 | 922 |
| Hunter Trade College, Telarah | Independent | Secondary | 3.3 km | 257 | 978 |
| Rutherford Public School, Rutherford | Government | Primary | 3.7 km | 1,007 | 933 |
| The Heights Learning Community, Gillieston Heights | Independent | Primary | 3.8 km | 14 | 1,058 |
| Rutherford Technology High School, Rutherford | Government | Secondary | 3.9 km | 1,405 | 922 |
| Maitland Public School, Maitland | Government | Primary | 4.7 km | 405 | 936 |
| St John the Baptist Primary School, Maitland | Catholic | Primary | 5.2 km | 397 | 1,047 |
| All Saints College, Maitland | Catholic | Secondary | 5.4 km | 1,191 | 1,023 |
| Nillo Infants School, Lorn | Government | Primary | 5.4 km | 52 | 1,076 |
| St Patrick's Primary School, Lochinvar | Catholic | Primary | 5.9 km | 577 | 1,009 |
| St Joseph's College, Lochinvar | Catholic | Secondary | 6.0 km | 973 | 996 |
| Lochinvar Public School, Lochinvar | Government | Primary | 6.2 km | 194 | 965 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Farley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11493/farley/topic/education