32.7% ▲ +31.9%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.8%
- 2016: 27.8%
- 2021: 32.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
South West Rocks · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in South West Rocks
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 South West Rocks, held by 39.4% of adults. The area has a much lower rate of formal schooling and university degrees than the state and national averages. This reflects a local workforce geared more towards practical trades than academic study.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 32.7% of people here finished Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. The most common highest year of school completed is Year 10 at 36.1%.
Highest year of school
View on map →South West Rocks splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (39%) and Year 12 (36%), with Year 9 or below at 17%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University qualifications are less common here than in most areas. Just 11.5% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%.
11.5% ▲ +47.6%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.8%
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 11.5%
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 South West Rocks, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 52%; Bachelor degree is next at 19%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for those with qualifications are engineering and related fields at 15.6%, followed closely by management and commerce at 15.2%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Local schooling is provided by a single government primary school, though the area has a much lower number of schools per 1,000 children than most similar places.
1.54
Lower than 81% 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).
348
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
952
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving South West Rocks
1 school — 348 students, average ICSEA 952.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| South West Rocks Public School, South West Rocks | Government | Primary | 0.4 km | 348 | 952 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in South West Rocks [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13616/south-west-rocks/topic/education