56.3% —
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 51.7%
- 2021: 56.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Howards Grass · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Howards Grass
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A significant shift in educational attainment has occurred in Howards Grass, where 35.4% of adults now hold a bachelor degree or higher. This is well above the national figure and marks the area as having much higher qualification levels than most similar places.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
More than half of residents have finished Year 12, which is much higher than most similar areas, though it remains a little below the New South Wales average of 58.9%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Howards Grass, Year 12 is the majority at 59%; Year 10 is next at 34%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The area is highly qualified, with a bachelor degree or higher held by 35.4% of adults. This is well above the 26.3% typical for Australia.
35.4% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 35.4%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Howards Grass splits fairly evenly between Bachelor degree (31%) and Certificate III / IV (31%), with Postgraduate degree at 12%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Degrees are spread across several fields, with the most common being architecture and building at 20.9%, followed by management, commerce, society and culture, and agriculture.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are 11 schools within 3 km, which is more than 83% of similar areas. These schools have an advantage score of 1,006, which is higher than most areas.
11
Higher than 81% 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).
385
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,006
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Howards Grass
11 schools — 4,231 students, average ICSEA 1,006.
By sector: Government 5 · Catholic 3 · Independent 3
By type: Primary 6 · Secondary 4 · Combined 1
| St John's College, Lismore | Catholic | Secondary | 0.7 km | 774 | 1,059 |
| Lismore Heights Public School, Lismore Heights | Government | Primary | 1.9 km | 203 | 973 |
| St Carthage's Primary School, Lismore | Catholic | Primary | 2.3 km | 580 | 1,064 |
| The Rivers Secondary College, Richmond River High Campus, North Lismore | Government | Secondary | 2.4 km | 494 | 950 |
| Lismore Public School, Lismore | Government | Primary | 2.9 km | 179 | 871 |
| Living School, Lismore | Independent | Combined | 3.4 km | 313 | 1,037 |
| The Rivers Secondary College, Lismore High Campus, Lismore | Government | Secondary | 3.4 km | 438 | 934 |
| Trinity Catholic College Lismore, East Lismore | Independent | Secondary | 3.5 km | 816 | 1,055 |
| Our Lady Help of Christians Primary School, East Lismore | Catholic | Primary | 3.6 km | 189 | 1,001 |
| Goonellabah Public School, Goonellabah | Government | Primary | 3.7 km | 226 | 847 |
| Vistara Primary School, Richmond Hill | Independent | Primary | 3.8 km | 19 | 1,121 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Howards Grass [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11953/howards-grass/topic/education