45.0% —
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Noorong · Suburb / Locality
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer residents in Noorong have completed high school or university than in most similar areas. Only 45% of people finished Year 12, and not a single adult holds a bachelor degree or higher.
Highest year of school completed.
Less than half of the population finished Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. Another 45% of residents stopped their schooling at Year 10.
45.0% —
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Noorong splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (41%) and Year 10 (41%), with Year 11 at 18%.
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The proportion of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is 0.0%, a figure far below the national average of 26.3%.
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 Noorong, Advanced diploma / diploma is the majority at 100%.
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Agriculture & environment at 50%, ahead of Natural & physical sciences (0%).
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km, making it smaller for educational 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 Noorong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12981/noorong/topic/education