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Higher than 62% 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).
Farina · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Farina
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A massive gap in school advantage separates Farina from the rest of the country, with an average score of 788. This is among the lowest figures for similar areas, highlighting a stark difference in educational resources compared to the state and nation.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
The most common highest year of school is Year 12 at 53%, ahead of Year 9 or below (47%).
Highest year of school
View on map →Farina splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (39%) and Year 9 or below (35%), with Year 11 at 13%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The most common highest qualification level is Bachelor degree at 38%, ahead of Postgraduate degree (0%).
Highest qualification level
View on map →In Farina, Bachelor degree is the majority at 100%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Natural & physical sciences at 0%, ahead of Information technology (0%).
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are two schools within 3 km, which is more than about 66% of similar areas. Both are government-run combined schools, though they are very small with a typical size of just 31 students.
31
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
788
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Farina
2 schools — 61 students, average ICSEA 788.
By sector: Government 2
By type: Combined 2
| Leigh Creek Area School, Leigh Creek | Government | Combined | 51.4 km | 42 | 791 |
| Marree Aboriginal School, Marree | Government | Combined | 59.8 km | 19 | 781 |
Sources
- Australian Schools List — Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), 2025 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Farina [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40431/farina/topic/education