42.4% —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 37.2%
- 2021: 42.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Rowena · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Rowena
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer residents in Rowena have completed high school or university compared to the state and national figures. Only 42.4% of people finished Year 12, which is 16 percentage points below the New South Wales and Australian averages. This gap extends to higher education, where university degrees are much less common than in most other areas.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Completion of Year 12 is far below the state and national figures, with 42.4% of residents finishing school. About 25.9% of the population listed Year 10 as their highest year of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Rowena, Year 12 is the majority at 51%; Year 10 is next at 31%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are far less common here than in the rest of the country, with only 12.8% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most typical achievement at 33.3%.
12.8% —
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 12.8%
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 Rowena, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 52%; Bachelor degree is next at 33%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are agriculture and environment and management and commerce, which both account for 15.5% of qualifications. Engineering and related fields follow at 10.7%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one government primary school in Rowena, which is among the smallest in the state with a typical size of 20 students. While the area has a high number of schools per 1,000 children, the average school advantage score is much lower than most areas.
27.03
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
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).
20
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
944
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Rowena
1 school — 20 students, average ICSEA 944.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Rowena Public School, Rowena | Government | Primary | 8.2 km | 20 | 944 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Rowena [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13446/rowena/topic/education