47.9% ▲ +22.8%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 39.0%
- 2016: 42.4%
- 2021: 47.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Ruse · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Ruse
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common achievement in Ruse, held by 40.1% of adults. This is a place where schooling and higher degrees are much less common than the national average. Only 47.9% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the Australian figure of 58.8%.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Fewer than half of residents completed Year 12, a result that is far below the New South Wales and Australian figures. About 29.6% of people finished Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Ruse, the largest group is Year 12 at 50%, followed by Year 10 (31%) and Year 9 or below (12%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 13.4% of the population, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. Most qualified adults hold a certificate or diploma rather than a university degree.
13.4% ▲ +46.7%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 13.4%
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 Ruse, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 47%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (21%) and Bachelor degree (20%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common areas of study for those with qualifications are management and commerce at 20.8%, followed by engineering and related fields at 17.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are 26 schools within 3km of the area, though the number of schools per 1,000 children is among the lowest for similar places. Most of these are government primary schools.
0.87
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
26
Higher than 88% 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).
368
Higher than 55% 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 Ruse
26 schools — 9,575 students, average ICSEA 979.
By sector: Government 19 · Independent 5 · Catholic 2
By type: Primary 17 · Secondary 6 · Combined 3
| Ruse Public School, Ruse | Government | Primary | 0.3 km | 483 | 973 |
| Campbelltown East Public School, Campbelltown | Government | Primary | 0.8 km | 380 | 927 |
| Campbelltown North Public School, Campbelltown | Government | Primary | 1.5 km | 358 | 967 |
| John Warby Public School, Airds | Government | Primary | 1.5 km | 228 | 907 |
| Beverley Park School, Campbelltown | Government | Combined | 1.7 km | 59 | 967 |
| Lomandra School, Campbelltown | Government | Combined | 1.7 km | 75 | 864 |
| St Patrick's College Campbelltown, Campbelltown | Independent | Secondary | 1.7 km | 698 | 1,049 |
| Kentlyn Public School, Campbelltown | Government | Primary | 1.8 km | 120 | 990 |
| Leumeah High School, Leumeah | Government | Secondary | 1.8 km | 691 | 972 |
| Campbelltown Performing Arts High School, Campbelltown | Government | Secondary | 1.9 km | 893 | 950 |
| St Thomas More Catholic Primary School, Campbelltown | Catholic | Primary | 1.9 km | 341 | 1,043 |
| St Peter's Heart, Campbelltown | Independent | Primary | 2.0 km | 22 | 1,071 |
| St Peter's Anglican Grammar, Campbelltown | Independent | Primary | 2.1 km | 428 | 1,118 |
| St John The Evangelist Catholic Primary School, Campbelltown | Catholic | Primary | 2.1 km | 554 | 1,049 |
| Leumeah Public School, Leumeah | Government | Primary | 2.2 km | 516 | 1,034 |
| Campbelltown Public School, Campbelltown | Government | Primary | 2.2 km | 284 | 946 |
| Airds High School, Campbelltown | Government | Secondary | 2.3 km | 542 | 875 |
| Briar Road Public School, Campbelltown | Government | Primary | 2.5 km | 263 | 835 |
| Dorchester School, Campbelltown | Government | Secondary | 2.5 km | 19 | 871 |
| Sherwood Hills Christian School, Bradbury | Independent | Combined | 2.9 km | 145 | 1,040 |
| Zahra Grammar School, Minto | Independent | Primary | 3.0 km | 225 | 1,069 |
| Bradbury Public School, Bradbury | Government | Primary | 3.1 km | 704 | 987 |
| Campbellfield Public School, Minto | Government | Primary | 3.6 km | 351 | 992 |
| Thomas Reddall High School, Ambarvale | Government | Secondary | 3.7 km | 488 | 908 |
| Woodland Road Public School, Campbelltown | Government | Primary | 3.8 km | 275 | 959 |
| Ambarvale Public School, Ambarvale | Government | Primary | 4.3 km | 433 | 944 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Ruse [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13458/ruse/topic/education