42.0% —
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.6%
- 2021: 42.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Ringwood · Suburb / Locality
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Roughly 42% of people in Ringwood finished Year 12, which is the most common highest school year reached. This is far below the national figure, and the area generally has fewer high-level qualifications than most other places.
Highest year of school completed.
Only 42% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1%. About 28% of people stopped at Year 10, and 20% finished Year 9 or below.
42.0% —
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
In Ringwood, the largest group is Year 12 at 44%, followed by Year 10 (29%) and Year 9 or below (21%).
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 11.1% of the population, which is far below the Australian average of 26.3%. Certificate III or IV is the most common qualification held at 30.8%.
11.1% —
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
In Ringwood, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 31%, followed by Bachelor degree (23%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (23%).
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are management and commerce at 19.2%, followed by engineering and architecture and building, both at 15.4%.
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of the area, making it smaller 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).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Ringwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32431/ringwood/topic/education