37.5% ▲ +42.1%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.4%
- 2016: 34.6%
- 2021: 37.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Rankins Springs · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Rankins Springs
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Rankins Springs have finished high school compared to the rest of the state. Only 37.5% of residents completed Year 12, which is 21 percentage points lower than the New South Wales and national figures. This gap defines an area where many adults left school earlier than the typical Australian.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 37.5% of people here finished Year 12, a figure far below the state and national averages. About 31.3% of residents stopped at Year 10, while 11.8% reached Year 11.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Rankins Springs, the largest group is Year 12 at 42%, followed by Year 10 (35%) and Year 11 (13%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The proportion of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is 12.9%, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 27.8%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 33.3% of the population.
12.9% ▲ +61.3%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 12.9%
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 Rankins Springs, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 45%, followed by Bachelor degree (32%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (23%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in this area are spread across several fields, with Agriculture and environment being the most common at 19%. Engineering and related fields follow at 16.7%, while Health and Society and culture both sit at 10.7%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are 20.41 schools per 1,000 children, which is much higher than most similar areas. These schools are exclusively government primary schools, and the typical school is very small with only 18 students.
20.41
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
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).
18
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
988
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Rankins Springs
1 school — 18 students, average ICSEA 988.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Rankins Springs Public School, Rankins Springs | Government | Primary | 10.9 km | 18 | 988 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Rankins Springs [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13329/rankins-springs/topic/education