38.4% ▲ +30.4%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.5%
- 2016: 39.7%
- 2021: 38.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Rosewood · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Rosewood
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 38.4% of residents in Rosewood finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This gap in schooling is reflected in the qualification levels, with university degrees being much less common than in the rest of the state.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Fewer people in Rosewood finished high school than in most other areas. Only 38.4% completed Year 12, which is 20 points lower than the New South Wales and Australian figures.
Highest year of school
View on map →Rosewood splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (39%) and Year 10 (38%), with Year 9 or below at 16%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 14.0% of the population, far below the state and national averages. Instead, Certificate III or IV is the most common qualification at 46.9%.
14.0% ▲ +64.4%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 14.0%
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 Rosewood, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 56%; Bachelor degree is next at 20%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification are Engineering and related areas at 17.7%, followed by Management and commerce at 16.8%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Rosewood has five schools within 3km, which is more than about 75% of similar areas. Most of these are government primary schools, though they have a school advantage score that is much lower than most areas.
5
Higher than 73% 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).
313
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
924
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Rosewood
5 schools — 1,565 students, average ICSEA 924.
By sector: Government 4 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 4 · Secondary 1
| Beechwood Public School, Wauchope | Government | Primary | 2.5 km | 184 | 959 |
| Huntingdon Public School, Wauchope | Government | Primary | 3.3 km | 22 | 838 |
| Wauchope Public School, Wauchope | Government | Primary | 4.2 km | 624 | 900 |
| Wauchope High School, Wauchope | Government | Secondary | 4.5 km | 458 | 894 |
| St Joseph's Primary School, Wauchope | Catholic | Primary | 4.5 km | 277 | 1,011 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Rosewood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13428/rosewood/topic/education