42.6% ▲ +30.0%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.8%
- 2016: 36.8%
- 2021: 42.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Uralla · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Uralla
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer residents in Uralla have completed high school or university compared to the wider state. Only 42.6% of people finished Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. This trend continues into higher education, where the town has a much lower rate of university degrees than the national average.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the state and national figures, sitting at 42.6%. About 31.5% of residents have Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Uralla, the largest group is Year 12 at 45%, followed by Year 10 (33%) and Year 9 or below (15%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 16.7% of the population, which is well below the Australian average of 26.3%. The most common highest qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 34.9% of residents.
16.7% ▲ +68.4%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 16.7%
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 Uralla, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 43%, followed by Bachelor degree (23%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (19%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in the area are spread across various fields, with Society and Culture being the most common at 15.1%, followed by Management and Commerce at 14.1%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has a higher number of schools within 3km than 70% of similar places, though the average school size of 118 is lower than most. All local schools are either government or Catholic run.
3.93
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
3
Higher than 67% 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).
118
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
920
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Uralla
3 schools — 355 students, average ICSEA 920.
By sector: Government 2 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 2 · Combined 1
| St Joseph's Primary School, Uralla | Catholic | Primary | 3.3 km | 52 | 982 |
| Uralla Central School, Uralla | Government | Combined | 3.6 km | 264 | 901 |
| Rocky River Public School, Uralla | Government | Primary | 6.5 km | 39 | 963 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Uralla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14069/uralla/topic/education