33.9% ▲ +10.2%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.8%
- 2016: 30.0%
- 2021: 33.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Jerilderie · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Jerilderie
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Jerilderie have finished high school compared to the rest of the state, with only 33.9% completing Year 12. This gap defines the local education landscape, where higher qualifications are also much less common than across Australia.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 33.9% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. About 25.6% of the population had Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Jerilderie, the largest group is Year 12 at 40%, followed by Year 10 (30%) and Year 9 or below (18%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Bachelor degrees or higher are held by 11.6% of adults, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. The most common qualification here is a Certificate III or IV, held by 32% of people.
11.6% ▲ +55.9%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 11.6%
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 Jerilderie, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 46%, followed by Bachelor degree (24%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (19%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Those with qualifications in Jerilderie most commonly studied Engineering and related fields (15.8%) or Management and Commerce (12.9%). Health and Agriculture qualifications also make up a significant portion of local degrees.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has a much higher number of schools per 1,000 children than most similar areas, though the typical school size is very small. All local schools are primary schools, split evenly between government and Catholic sectors.
12.99
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
2
Higher than 62% 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).
30
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
998
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Jerilderie
2 schools — 60 students, average ICSEA 998.
By sector: Government 1 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 2
| Jerilderie Public School, Jerilderie | Government | Primary | 11.6 km | 14 | 954 |
| St Joseph's Primary School, Jerilderie | Catholic | Primary | 12.1 km | 46 | 1,011 |
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Jerilderie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12023/jerilderie/topic/education