36.0% ▲ +21.3%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.7%
- 2016: 32.9%
- 2021: 36.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Inverell · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Inverell
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer than 40% of people in Inverell have finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This trend carries through to higher education, where the local rate of university degrees is much lower than across New South Wales.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 36% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the 58.8% national average. About 31% of people in Inverell finished Year 10, and 15.8% left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Inverell, the largest group is Year 12 at 40%, followed by Year 10 (35%) and Year 9 or below (18%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Just 10.5% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 27.8%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 39.4% of residents.
10.5% ▲ +21.8%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 10.5%
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 Inverell, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 54%; Bachelor degree is next at 20%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification are Engineering at 14.6% and Management and Commerce at 14.3%, followed by Society and Culture at 12.4%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has 6 schools within 3km, but the number of schools per 1,000 children is lower than most areas. Most students attend government schools (83.3%), and the typical school size is larger than in most similar places.
2.12
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
6
Higher than 74% 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).
427
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
918
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Inverell
6 schools — 2,563 students, average ICSEA 918.
By sector: Government 5 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 3 · Secondary 2 · Combined 1
| Inverell High School, Inverell | Government | Secondary | 0.2 km | 484 | 888 |
| Ross Hill Public School, Inverell | Government | Primary | 1.1 km | 475 | 871 |
| Inverell Public School, Inverell | Government | Primary | 1.3 km | 498 | 899 |
| Macintyre High School, Inverell | Government | Secondary | 1.8 km | 487 | 919 |
| Holy Trinity School, Inverell | Catholic | Combined | 2.4 km | 577 | 1,003 |
| Gilgai Public School, Gilgai | Government | Primary | 9.8 km | 42 | 843 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Inverell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11990/inverell/topic/education