35.3% —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 35.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
New Mexico · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in New Mexico
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 24 percentage points separates New Mexico from both the state and national figures for Year 12 completion. While a fair few adults hold degrees, the area struggles with low high-school completion rates compared to most other places.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 35.3% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales and Australian figures of around 59%. About 29.4% of people listed Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In New Mexico, Year 12 is the majority at 55%; Year 10 is next at 45%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
About 21.2% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher, which is higher than most similar areas but still well below the national figure of 26.3%. Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common, held by 27.3% of residents.
21.2% —
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.6%
- 2021: 21.2%
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 New Mexico, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 39%, followed by Bachelor degree (30%) and Postgraduate degree (17%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in New Mexico are spread across several fields, with Management and Commerce being the most common at 27.3%. Engineering, Architecture, Agriculture, and Health each account for 15.2% of degrees.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one primary school, which is Catholic. This school is much smaller than those in most other areas and has a much lower average advantage score.
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).
79
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
948
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving New Mexico
1 school — 79 students, average ICSEA 948.
By sector: Catholic 1
By type: Primary 1
| St Michael's Catholic Primary School, Manilla | Catholic | Primary | 9.9 km | 79 | 948 |
Sources
More for New Mexico
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in New Mexico [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12953/new-mexico/topic/education