40.1% ▲ +33.8%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.0%
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 40.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Rileys Hill · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Rileys Hill
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Education levels in Rileys Hill have remained steady, though the area struggles with a significant gap in school completion. Only 40.1% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure. While many adults hold trade certificates, university degrees are less common than in the rest of the state.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the New South Wales and national figures, trailing by 19 points. The most common highest year of school completed is Year 10, at 42.3%.
Highest year of school
View on map →Rileys Hill splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (42%) and Year 12 (40%), with Year 9 or below at 12%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 16.8% of the population, which is well below the Australian average. Certificates III or IV are the most common qualification, held by 47.8% of residents.
16.8% ▼ -1.5%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.0%
- 2016: 16.1%
- 2021: 16.8%
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 Rileys Hill, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 51%; Bachelor degree is next at 20%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in the area are diverse, with Engineering (25%) and Management and Commerce (20.7%) being the most frequent fields of study.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one government primary school within 3 km. This school is much smaller than those in most similar areas, with an average size of 47 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).
47
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
979
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Rileys Hill
1 school — 47 students, average ICSEA 979.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Broadwater Public School, Broadwater | Government | Primary | 5.3 km | 47 | 979 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Rileys Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13379/rileys-hill/topic/education