36.8% ▲ +24.3%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.6%
- 2016: 22.1%
- 2021: 36.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Merungle Hill · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Merungle Hill
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Merungle Hill finished high school compared to the rest of the country. Only 36.8% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This gap in early schooling is mirrored in higher education, where the proportion of adults with a university degree is also much lower than the state average.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 36.8% of people here finished Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. The most common highest year of school completed is Year 10, at 38.3%.
Highest year of school
View on map →Merungle Hill splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (38%) and Year 12 (36%), with Year 9 or below at 20%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The proportion of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is 13.5%, far below the national figure of 26.3%. Certificate III or IV is the most common qualification, held by 44.1% of residents.
13.5% ▼ -15.2%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.9%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 13.5%
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 Merungle Hill, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 50%, followed by Bachelor degree (20%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification are Engineering and related studies at 27.0%, followed by Society and culture at 16.2% and Management and commerce at 13.5%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are three schools within 3 km, which is more than about 70% of similar areas. These schools are split evenly between primary, secondary, and combined types, with 66.7% being government schools.
3
Higher than 67% 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).
255
Lower than 57% 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 Merungle Hill
3 schools — 764 students, average ICSEA 998.
By sector: Government 2 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 1 · Secondary 1 · Combined 1
| Yanco Public School, Yanco | Government | Primary | 5.4 km | 70 | 860 |
| St Francis De Sales Regional College, Leeton | Catholic | Secondary | 7.5 km | 666 | 1,018 |
| Gralee School, Leeton | Government | Combined | 7.8 km | 28 | 874 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Merungle Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12601/merungle-hill/topic/education