31.3% ▲ +57.1%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.9%
- 2016: 32.9%
- 2021: 31.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Derby · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Derby
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 31.3% of people in Derby have finished Year 12, a figure far below the national average. This reflects a community where many adults have left school early or hold trade certificates rather than university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the state and national figures, with 31.3% of residents finishing school. Many more people stopped at Year 10 (23.9%) or earlier (10.3%).
Highest year of school
View on map →In Derby, the largest group is Year 12 at 42%, followed by Year 10 (32%) and Year 9 or below (14%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The share of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is 10.9%, which is far below the Australian figure of 26.3%. Instead, Certificate III or IV is the most common top qualification at 23.4%.
10.9% ▲ +60.4%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 10.9%
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 Derby, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 44%, followed by Bachelor degree (24%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (15%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification in the area are Engineering (10.7%), Health (9.2%), and Management and Commerce (8.7%).
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Derby has three schools within 3km, which is more than about 70% of similar areas. These schools are either government-run (66.7%) or Catholic (33.3%), though they have some of the lowest advantage scores for their level.
4.62
Higher than 57% 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).
253
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
753
Lower than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Derby
3 schools — 760 students, average ICSEA 753.
By sector: Government 2 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 2 · Combined 1
| Derby District High School, Derby | Government | Combined | 4.0 km | 606 | 714 |
| Kimberley School Of The Air, Derby | Government | Primary | 4.0 km | 62 | 958 |
| Holy Rosary School, Derby | Catholic | Primary | 4.5 km | 92 | 868 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Derby [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50405/derby/topic/education