51.9% —
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 43.8%
- 2021: 51.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
The Rocks · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in The Rocks
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 12.1% of adults in The Rocks hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far below the national average. This is a place where a smaller proportion of people have finished high school compared to the rest of the state and country.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 51.9% of residents finished Year 12, which is higher than most similar areas but well below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. Roughly a quarter of the population left school in Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In The Rocks, Year 12 is the majority at 53%; Year 9 or below is next at 25%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University qualifications are uncommon here, with the 12.1% rate for degrees being far below the Australian figure of 26.3%. Instead, the most common highest qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 25.8% of adults.
12.1% —
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →In The Rocks, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 42%, followed by Bachelor degree (37%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (21%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields of study are society and culture at 32.3%, followed by management and commerce at 16.1% and health at 12.9%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools located within 3 km of the area, which is a smaller number than about 59% of similar areas.
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Lower than 99% 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).
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in The Rocks [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13855/the-rocks/topic/education