37.0% ▲ +4.6%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.3%
- 2016: 34.8%
- 2021: 37.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Rainbow Flat · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Rainbow Flat
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 37% of people in Rainbow Flat have finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This means a large number of residents have left school early, which is reflected in the high proportion of trade certificates held by adults here.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Fewer people have completed Year 12 compared to most areas, with only 37% finishing. In contrast, the typical person in New South Wales reached Year 10, which 39.1% of local residents achieved.
Highest year of school
View on map →Rainbow Flat splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (41%) and Year 12 (39%), with Year 9 or below at 12%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is much less common here than in the rest of Australia, where 26.3% of people have a bachelor's degree compared to just 15% in Rainbow Flat. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 43.1% of adults.
15.0% ▲ +17.4%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 15.0%
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 Rainbow Flat, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 51%; Bachelor degree is next at 20%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Those with qualifications in this area are most often trained in engineering and related fields (19.9%) or management and commerce (16.5%). Health and society and culture both account for 10.9% of degrees.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The local primary school is government-run and has an advantage score of 1,021, which is higher than most areas. It is a typical size for its level, with 302 students on average.
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).
302
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,021
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Rainbow Flat
1 school — 302 students, average ICSEA 1,021.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Hallidays Point Public School, Diamond Beach | Government | Primary | 4.6 km | 302 | 1,021 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Rainbow Flat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13318/rainbow-flat/topic/education