41.1% ▲ +54.1%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.7%
- 2016: 34.2%
- 2021: 41.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
White Cliffs · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in White Cliffs
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common credential in White Cliffs, where only 41.1% of residents finished Year 12. This is far below the national figure of 58.8%, reflecting a community with lower formal schooling levels than most of Australia.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Far fewer people in White Cliffs finished high school compared to the rest of the country, with 41.1% completing Year 12, which is 18 points lower than the New South Wales average.
Highest year of school
View on map →In White Cliffs, the largest group is Year 12 at 42%, followed by Year 10 (32%) and Year 9 or below (18%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is rare here, as only 6.7% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the national figure of 26.3%.
6.7% ▲ +2.2%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.5%
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 6.7%
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 White Cliffs, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 47%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (28%) and Bachelor degree (16%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Those with qualifications in White Cliffs most commonly studied Engineering and related fields (14.3%), followed by Agriculture and environment at 11.7%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has a very small government primary school with an average size of just 17 students, though there are 29.41 schools per 1,000 children, which is among the highest for similar areas.
29.41
Higher than 94% 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).
17
Lower than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
873
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving White Cliffs
1 school — 17 students, average ICSEA 873.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| White Cliffs Public School, White Cliffs | Government | Primary | 58.5 km | 17 | 873 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in White Cliffs [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14291/white-cliffs/topic/education