55.0% —
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 48.1%
- 2021: 55.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Murrays Run · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Murrays Run
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Over a third of adults in Murrays Run hold a Certificate III or IV, making it the most common qualification here. This is a place where a quarter of the population has a university degree, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 55% of residents finished Year 12, which is higher than in most similar areas but well below the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Murrays Run, Year 12 is the majority at 55%; Year 10 is next at 25%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
A bachelor degree or higher is held by 24.6% of adults, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas despite being a little below the national average.
24.6% —
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 24.6%
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 Murrays Run, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 40%, followed by Bachelor degree (27%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (21%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are management and commerce at 19.8%, followed by education and creative arts which both sit at 12.1%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one government primary school, which is much smaller than those in most other areas with an average size of 52 students.
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).
52
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
969
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Murrays Run
1 school — 52 students, average ICSEA 969.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Laguna Public School, Laguna | Government | Primary | 9.6 km | 52 | 969 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Murrays Run [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12866/murrays-run/topic/education