41.4% —
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 41.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Ruthven · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Ruthven
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Educational levels in Ruthven have remained steady, though they sit well below state and national figures. Just 41.4% of residents finished Year 12, and the area has far fewer people with university degrees than the national average.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 41.4% of people completed Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. About 35.6% of residents stopped their schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Ruthven, the largest group is Year 12 at 46%, followed by Year 10 (39%) and Year 9 or below (11%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 17% of the population, which is well below the Australian average of 26.3%. The most common qualification here is a Certificate III or IV, held by 40.4% of residents.
17.0% —
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 17.0%
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 Ruthven, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 51%; Bachelor degree is next at 24%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, Engineering and related fields are the most common at 21.1%, followed by Architecture and building at 12.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one government primary school, which is quite small with an average of 17 students. This school's advantage score is around the middle for similar areas.
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).
17
Lower than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
985
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Ruthven
1 school — 17 students, average ICSEA 985.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Wyrallah Public School, Wyrallah | Government | Primary | 5.6 km | 17 | 985 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Ruthven [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13465/ruthven/topic/education