60.6% —
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 51.6%
- 2021: 60.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Richlands · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Richlands
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A bachelor degree or higher is held by 34.3% of adults in Richlands, which is well above the national figure. This level of higher education is much higher than most similar areas. Most residents have completed Year 12, with 60.6% reaching this milestone.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion is a little above the state and national figures, with 60.6% of people finishing Year 12. This is much higher than most other similar areas.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Richlands, Year 12 is the majority at 69%; Year 10 is next at 17%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 34.3% of the population, which is well above the New South Wales figure by 6.4 percentage points.
34.3% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 34.3%
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 Richlands, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 48%, followed by Certificate III / IV (32%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (20%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common qualifications are in engineering, creative arts, management, commerce, society and culture, and health.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one primary school in the area, which is a government facility. It is among the smallest at its level with an average size of 11 students.
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).
11
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
965
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Richlands
1 school — 11 students, average ICSEA 965.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Taralga Public School, Taralga | Government | Primary | 6.8 km | 11 | 965 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Richlands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13374/richlands/topic/education