39.0% ▲ +24.7%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.3%
- 2016: 34.4%
- 2021: 39.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Rosewood · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Rosewood
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer residents in Rosewood have completed high school or university compared to most similar areas. Only 39% of people here finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This creates a local profile where trade certificates are much more common than degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the state average, with only 39% of residents finishing school. Around 28.3% of the population had Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Rosewood, the largest group is Year 12 at 44%, followed by Year 10 (32%) and Year 9 or below (16%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University qualifications are uncommon here, with only 7.8% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the Australian figure of 26.3%, while Certificate III or IV qualifications are much more typical at 42.6%.
7.8% ▲ +32.8%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 7.8%
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 Rosewood, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 58%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 18%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification for residents are engineering and related subjects at 16%, followed by society and culture at 14.3% and management and commerce at 13.9%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Local schools have an average advantage score of 933, which is much lower than most areas. There are five schools within 3km, and 80% of these are government primary schools.
4.55
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
5
Higher than 73% 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).
228
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
933
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Rosewood
5 schools — 1,138 students, average ICSEA 933.
By sector: Government 4 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 4 · Secondary 1
| St Brigid's Primary School, Rosewood | Catholic | Primary | 0.4 km | 214 | 997 |
| Rosewood State School, Rosewood | Government | Primary | 0.8 km | 316 | 908 |
| Rosewood State High School, Rosewood | Government | Secondary | 1.4 km | 485 | 920 |
| Ashwell State School, Ashwell | Government | Primary | 4.3 km | 65 | 929 |
| Mount Marrow State School, Mount Marrow | Government | Primary | 4.6 km | 58 | 955 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Rosewood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32475/rosewood/topic/education