44.5% ▲ +25.7%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.4%
- 2016: 39.6%
- 2021: 44.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Peats Ridge · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Peats Ridge
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 14 percentage points separates Peats Ridge from the state and national figures for Year 12 completion. This reflects an area where formal schooling and higher degrees are far less common than in the wider region. Only 14% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is also far below the national average.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Less than half of residents, 44.5%, finished Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. Roughly 29% of the population left school after Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Peats Ridge, the largest group is Year 12 at 50%, followed by Year 10 (33%) and Year 9 or below (12%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The proportion of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is 14%, far below the national figure of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 30.7% of residents.
14.0% ▲ +49.8%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 14.0%
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 Peats Ridge, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 43%, followed by Bachelor degree (32%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (14%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in this area are most often in management and commerce at 13.9%, followed by engineering and related fields at 11.7%. Society and culture degrees make up 10.9% of the mix.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Peats Ridge has a much higher number of schools per 1,000 children than most areas, though the typical school is very small with only 21 students. All local schools are government-run primary schools.
22.22
Higher than 89% 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).
21
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
914
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Peats Ridge
2 schools — 42 students, average ICSEA 914.
By sector: Government 2
By type: Primary 2
| Peats Ridge Public School, Peats Ridge | Government | Primary | 2.2 km | 19 | 947 |
| Central Mangrove Public School, Central Mangrove | Government | Primary | 5.7 km | 23 | 886 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Peats Ridge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13183/peats-ridge/topic/education