60.8% ▲ +20.0%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 50.7%
- 2016: 59.3%
- 2021: 60.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Newrybar · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Newrybar
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Higher levels of schooling and degrees are more common in Newrybar than across Australia. This is seen in the 29.2% of adults who hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure that sits well above the national average.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Around 60.8% of residents have completed Year 12, which is much higher than in most similar areas and slightly above the New South Wales figure.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Newrybar, Year 12 is the majority at 67%; Year 10 is next at 18%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The proportion of adults with a university degree is much higher than in most other areas, with 27.3% holding a bachelor degree and another 9.5% with a postgraduate qualification.
29.2% ▲ +38.4%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.1%
- 2016: 26.1%
- 2021: 29.2%
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 Newrybar, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 36%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (22%) and Certificate III / IV (21%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in this area are spread across several fields, led by health at 16.4% and management and commerce at 15.8%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Newrybar has a high number of schools for its children, though these are smaller than most other areas. The local schools are all government primary schools.
9.71
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
2
Higher than 62% 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).
178
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,087
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Newrybar
2 schools — 356 students, average ICSEA 1,087.
By sector: Government 2
By type: Primary 2
| Newrybar Public School, Newrybar | Government | Primary | 2.0 km | 61 | 1,082 |
| Bangalow Public School, Bangalow | Government | Primary | 5.2 km | 295 | 1,088 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Newrybar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12966/newrybar/topic/education