33.1% ▲ +28.8%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.7%
- 2016: 27.4%
- 2021: 33.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Red Range · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Red Range
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Education levels in Red Range have stayed quite low compared to the rest of the country. Only 33.1% of people here finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This reflects a community where fewer adults have pursued high-level schooling or university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 33.1% of residents completed Year 12, a figure far below the New South Wales average of 58.9%. Roughly 31.5% of the population finished Year 10, and 14.9% left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →Red Range splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (41%) and Year 10 (39%), with Year 9 or below at 18%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is less common here, with only 12.3% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the Australian average of 26.3%, though Certificate III or IV qualifications are more common at 33%.
12.3% ▲ +63.0%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.5%
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 12.3%
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 Red Range, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 52%; Bachelor degree is next at 33%.
Field of study
What people studied.
For those with qualifications, the most common fields are Management and Commerce at 12.8% and Society and Culture at 11.9%. Engineering and Health both account for 10.1% of degrees.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one government primary school in the area, which is much smaller than most with an average size of 28 students. The area has a much higher number of schools per 1,000 children than most similar places.
18.18
Higher than 87% 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).
28
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
858
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 Red Range
1 school — 28 students, average ICSEA 858.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Red Range Public School, Red Range | Government | Primary | 3.7 km | 28 | 858 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Red Range [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13346/red-range/topic/education