39.4% ▲ +13.9%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.6%
- 2016: 41.9%
- 2021: 39.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Spring Ridge · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Spring Ridge
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer people in Spring Ridge finished high school compared to the state average, with only 39.4% completing Year 12. This suggests a local workforce that relies more on practical skills and trades than formal academic degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Completion rates are far below the New South Wales and national figures, with 39.4% finishing Year 12. About 31.2% of residents had Year 10 as their highest year of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Spring Ridge, the largest group is Year 12 at 46%, followed by Year 10 (36%) and Year 9 or below (11%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 13.1% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. The most common qualifications are bachelor degrees and Certificate III or IV, both at 23.6%.
13.1% ▲ +75.3%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.5%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Spring Ridge splits fairly evenly between Bachelor degree (34%) and Certificate III / IV (34%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 28%.
Field of study
What people studied.
People with qualifications in Spring Ridge are most likely to have studied agriculture and the environment, which accounts for 21.1% of degrees and certificates.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has a high number of schools per 1,000 children, though the local primary school is much smaller than most, with an average size of just 25 students.
22.73
Higher than 90% 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).
25
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,004
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Spring Ridge
1 school — 25 students, average ICSEA 1,004.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Spring Ridge Public School, Spring Ridge | Government | Primary | 2.4 km | 25 | 1,004 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Spring Ridge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13635/spring-ridge/topic/education