44.1% —
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 42.6%
- 2021: 44.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Rob Roy · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Rob Roy
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
About half of the adults in Rob Roy have completed Year 12, placing the area around the middle for similar places. While it sits comfortably among its peers, it remains far below the state and national figures for school and university completion.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 44.1% of residents finished Year 12, which is 15 points lower than both the New South Wales and Australian averages. About 20% of the population stopped their schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Rob Roy, Year 12 is the majority at 57%; Year 10 is next at 26%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 16.4% of the population. This is well below the national figure and far below the New South Wales average of 27.8%.
16.4% —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 16.4%
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 Rob Roy, Bachelor degree is the majority at 53%; Certificate III / IV is next at 32%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in Rob Roy are split evenly between Education and Management and commerce at 25% each, while 18.8% of qualifications are in Society and culture.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one government primary school, which is much smaller than most others with an average size of 29 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).
29
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
997
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Rob Roy
1 school — 29 students, average ICSEA 997.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Gum Flat Public School, Gum Flat | Government | Primary | 7.6 km | 29 | 997 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Rob Roy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13388/rob-roy/topic/education