50.4% ▲ +23.0%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 41.0%
- 2016: 41.4%
- 2021: 50.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Riverside · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Riverside
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
About half of all residents in Riverside have completed Year 12, which is a higher rate than in most similar areas. However, the area has a much lower proportion of university degrees compared to the state and national figures. This creates a profile where many people have finished high school but fewer have pursued higher education.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
While 50.4% of people finished Year 12, which is more common than in similar areas, this is still well below the New South Wales and Australian figures.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Riverside, Year 12 is the majority at 55%; Year 10 is next at 32%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 16.3% of the population, a figure far below the New South Wales average. The most common qualifications are Certificate III or IV, held by 31.8% of residents.
16.3% ▲ +20.8%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 16.3%
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 Riverside, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 41%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (27%) and Bachelor degree (19%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across several fields, with Management and Commerce being the most common at 18.4%, followed by Engineering and related fields at 14.5%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Riverside has 10 schools within 3 km, which is more than about 82% of similar areas. These schools have an average size of 328 students, though the average school advantage score is lower than most areas.
10
Higher than 79% 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).
328
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
968
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Riverside
10 schools — 3,277 students, average ICSEA 968.
By sector: Government 4 · Catholic 3 · Independent 3
By type: Primary 6 · Secondary 3 · Combined 1
| Newman Senior Technical College, Port Macquarie | Catholic | Secondary | 3.8 km | 327 | 996 |
| Heritage Christian School, Port Macquarie | Independent | Combined | 4.1 km | 345 | 1,032 |
| Nautilus Senior College, Port Macquarie | Independent | Secondary | 4.5 km | 113 | 833 |
| St Joseph's Primary School, Port Macquarie | Catholic | Primary | 4.6 km | 397 | 1,017 |
| Hastings Secondary College, Westport Campus, Port Macquarie | Government | Secondary | 5.2 km | 612 | 919 |
| Westport Public School, Port Macquarie | Government | Primary | 5.3 km | 365 | 888 |
| St Agnes' Primary School, Port Macquarie | Catholic | Primary | 5.8 km | 553 | 1,029 |
| Port Macquarie Public School, Port Macquarie | Government | Primary | 5.8 km | 451 | 932 |
| North East Public School of Distance Education, Port Macquarie | Government | Primary | 5.8 km | 45 | 979 |
| Port Macquarie Steiner School, Port Macquarie | Independent | Primary | 5.8 km | 69 | 1,051 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Riverside [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13382/riverside/topic/education