31.9% ▲ +31.6%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.2%
- 2016: 27.4%
- 2021: 31.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Narrandera · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Narrandera
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Narrandera have finished high school compared to the rest of the country. Only 31.9% of residents completed Year 12, which is a gap of 27 percentage points below both the state and national figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Completing Year 12 is much less common here than in most areas, with 31.9% finishing. About 31.2% of residents reached Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →Narrandera splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (36%) and Year 10 (35%), with Year 9 or below at 21%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is also far below the state and national figures, with only 10.2% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. Certificate III and IV are the most common qualifications at 34.6%.
10.2% ▲ +41.6%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 10.2%
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 Narrandera, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 49%, followed by Bachelor degree (21%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are management and commerce at 13.5% and engineering and related fields at 13.4%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has four schools within 3km, which is more than about 73% of similar places. These schools are typically smaller than most areas and have a much lower average advantage score.
4.62
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
4
Higher than 71% 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).
188
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
897
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Narrandera
4 schools — 750 students, average ICSEA 897.
By sector: Government 3 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 3 · Secondary 1
| Narrandera High School, Narrandera | Government | Secondary | 8.3 km | 299 | 889 |
| Narrandera East Infants School, Narrandera | Government | Primary | 9.0 km | 25 | 884 |
| Narrandera Public School, Narrandera | Government | Primary | 9.1 km | 267 | 853 |
| St Joseph's Primary School, Narrandera | Catholic | Primary | 9.3 km | 159 | 989 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Narrandera [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12915/narrandera/topic/education