31.9% ▼ -14.0%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.1%
- 2016: 34.2%
- 2021: 31.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Garah · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Garah
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer than 32% of people in Garah have finished Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales and national figures. This gap in school completion is reflected in the local qualification levels, where bachelor degrees are much less common than in most other areas.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 31.9% of residents completed Year 12, a figure far below the New South Wales average of 58.9%. About 24.4% of the community left school after Year 10, and 12.2% finished Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Garah, the largest group is Year 12 at 46%, followed by Year 10 (35%) and Year 9 or below (17%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 10.3% of the population, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. The most common high-level qualifications are Certificate III or IV, held by 17.6% of residents.
10.3% ▲ +43.6%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 10.3%
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 Garah, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 38%, followed by Bachelor degree (29%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (26%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are management and commerce at 13.5%, followed by engineering and related subjects at 7.4%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Garah has a high number of schools per child, but they are very small with an average of 14 students. The only school in the area is a government primary school.
18.87
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
1
Lower than 57% 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).
14
Lower than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
933
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Garah
1 school — 14 students, average ICSEA 933.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Garah Public School, Garah | Government | Primary | 7.3 km | 14 | 933 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Garah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11590/garah/topic/education