27.4% ▲ +15.7%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.7%
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 27.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Ravenswood · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Ravenswood
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 31 percentage points separates Ravenswood from the state and national figures for Year 12 completion. Only 27.4% of residents here finished high school, and the area has a much lower rate of university degrees than most other places.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the national figure of 58.8%, with only 27.4% of people reaching that level. Roughly 20.7% of residents left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →Ravenswood splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (35%) and Year 10 (30%), with Year 9 or below at 27%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 8.2% of the population, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 27.8%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 22.5% of residents.
8.2% ▲ +2.5%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 8.2%
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 Ravenswood, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 47%, followed by Bachelor degree (24%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (15%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in this area are most common in Education at 9.9% and Engineering and related fields at 9.3%. Society and culture accounts for 7.1% of qualifications.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Two schools are located within 3km, though the average school size of 178 is lower than most areas. These schools are split evenly between the government and Catholic sectors.
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.
866
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Ravenswood
2 schools — 355 students, average ICSEA 866.
By sector: Catholic 1 · Government 1
By type: Primary 1 · Combined 1
| St Mary's Parish School, Warren | Catholic | Primary | 0.3 km | 127 | 1,014 |
| Warren Central School, Warren | Government | Combined | 0.9 km | 228 | 783 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Ravenswood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13334/ravenswood/topic/education