35.9% —
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 50.0%
- 2021: 35.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Mount Adrah · Suburb / Locality
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Zero adults in Mount Adrah hold a bachelor degree or higher, marking this as one of the lowest areas for higher education in the country. This trend is mirrored in school completion rates, which sit far below both the state and national figures.
Highest year of school completed.
Only 35.9% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. The most common highest year of schooling is Year 10, reached by 41.0% of people.
35.9% —
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
In Mount Adrah, the largest group is Year 10 at 43%, followed by Year 12 (38%) and Year 9 or below (11%).
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are absent here, with 0.0% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. Instead, the most common qualifications are Certificate III or IV, held by 43.5% of the population.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
In Mount Adrah, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 67%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 33%.
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are management and commerce at 30.4%, followed by engineering and education, which both sit at 26.1%.
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools located within 3 km of the area, which is a smaller number of facilities than about 59% of similar areas.
0
Lower than 99% 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).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Mount Adrah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12755/mount-adrah/topic/education