34.5% ▲ +33.5%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.8%
- 2016: 32.9%
- 2021: 34.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Marrar · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Marrar
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 34.5% of residents in Marrar completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This gap highlights a local trend where a smaller proportion of the community finished high school compared to most other areas.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Far fewer people finished Year 12 here than in the rest of Australia, with 37.5% of residents listing Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →Marrar splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (41%) and Year 12 (37%), with Year 9 or below at 13%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 13.6% of the population, which is far below the New South Wales figure. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 44.4% of residents.
13.6% ▲ +490.9%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 13.6%
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 Marrar, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 54%; Bachelor degree is next at 19%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are management and commerce at 19.4%, followed by engineering at 17.5% and agriculture and environment at 11.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Local schools are much smaller than most, with an average size of 27 students. There is one government primary school within 3km, and the area has a much higher number of schools per 1,000 children than most other areas.
13.51
Higher than 81% 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).
27
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,008
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Marrar
1 school — 27 students, average ICSEA 1,008.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Marrar Public School, Marrar | Government | Primary | 2.2 km | 27 | 1,008 |
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Marrar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12513/marrar/topic/education