41.7% ▲ +21.8%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.2%
- 2016: 37.2%
- 2021: 41.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Jerrys Plains · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Jerrys Plains
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 41.7% of people in Jerrys Plains have finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This is a sparsely populated area where fewer adults hold university degrees compared to the rest of the state. Most residents hold vocational certificates rather than higher academic qualifications.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion is much lower than in New South Wales and Australia, with 17 percentage points fewer people finishing Year 12. About 32.7% of residents stopped at Year 10, while 12.5% left at Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Jerrys Plains, the largest group is Year 12 at 44%, followed by Year 10 (34%) and Year 9 or below (13%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The proportion of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is 15.5%, which is far below the national average. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 40.5% of the population.
15.5% ▲ +69.4%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 15.5%
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 Jerrys Plains, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 48%, followed by Bachelor degree (23%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (21%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Those with qualifications in Jerrys Plains most commonly studied Engineering (19.4%) or Management and Commerce (18.1%). Agriculture and Environment studies are also common, accounting for 16.9% of qualifications.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one government primary school in the area, which is much higher than most similar places when measured per 1,000 children. However, the average school size is very small, with only 15 students.
10.10
Higher than 75% 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).
15
Lower than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
877
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Jerrys Plains
1 school — 15 students, average ICSEA 877.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Jerrys Plains Public School, Jerrys Plains | Government | Primary | 6.3 km | 15 | 877 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Jerrys Plains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12030/jerrys-plains/topic/education