35.1% ▲ +27.4%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.6%
- 2016: 30.6%
- 2021: 35.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Rutherford · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Rutherford
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Just 8.8% of adults in Rutherford hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the national figure. This is a place where few people finished Year 12 and high-level university degrees are much less common than in most other areas.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 35.1% of residents completed Year 12, a figure that is far below both the state and national averages. Many people here finished school at Year 10 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →Rutherford splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (37%) and Year 10 (37%), with Year 9 or below at 17%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Practical skills are common here, with 48.4% of people holding a Certificate III or IV as their highest qualification. This helps explain why university degrees are much less common than in most other areas.
8.8% ▲ +35.8%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.5%
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 8.8%
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 Rutherford, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 59%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 17%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are engineering and related subjects at 20.6%, followed by management and commerce at 16.8%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Rutherford has 13 schools within 3km, more than 85% of similar areas, though there are fewer schools per child. These schools are typically much larger than most, with the government sector making up over half of the total.
1.05
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
13
Higher than 83% 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).
611
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
970
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Rutherford
13 schools — 7,947 students, average ICSEA 970.
By sector: Government 7 · Catholic 5 · Independent 1
By type: Primary 9 · Secondary 4
| Rutherford Public School, Rutherford | Government | Primary | 1.3 km | 1,007 | 933 |
| Rutherford Technology High School, Rutherford | Government | Secondary | 1.6 km | 1,405 | 922 |
| St Paul's Primary School, Rutherford | Catholic | Primary | 1.8 km | 370 | 996 |
| Telarah Public School, Maitland | Government | Primary | 2.3 km | 519 | 879 |
| Hunter Trade College, Telarah | Independent | Secondary | 3.8 km | 257 | 978 |
| Maitland Public School, Maitland | Government | Primary | 4.5 km | 405 | 936 |
| Nillo Infants School, Lorn | Government | Primary | 4.6 km | 52 | 1,076 |
| Gillieston Public School, Gillieston Heights | Government | Primary | 4.8 km | 404 | 922 |
| St John the Baptist Primary School, Maitland | Catholic | Primary | 5.1 km | 397 | 1,047 |
| All Saints College, Maitland | Catholic | Secondary | 5.2 km | 1,191 | 1,023 |
| Bolwarra Public School, Bolwarra | Government | Primary | 5.3 km | 390 | 1,032 |
| St Joseph's College, Lochinvar | Catholic | Secondary | 5.5 km | 973 | 996 |
| St Patrick's Primary School, Lochinvar | Catholic | Primary | 5.5 km | 577 | 1,009 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Rutherford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13464/rutherford/topic/education