85.3% ▲ +12.0%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 76.1%
- 2016: 83.2%
- 2021: 85.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Aranda · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Aranda
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A huge gap exists between Aranda and the rest of the country in terms of learning, with far more residents holding high-level degrees than the national figure. Most people here have finished their schooling and progressed into advanced study, creating a highly qualified community.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Schooling levels are among the highest for areas like this. About 85.3% of residents completed Year 12, which is well above the ACT figure of 77.0% and far above the national average of 58.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Aranda, Year 12 is the majority at 89%; Year 10 is next at 6%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is very common here, with 59.1% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far above both the ACT (42.9%) and the national figure (26.3%), with nearly 30% of adults holding a postgraduate degree.
59.1% ▲ +20.1%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 49.2%
- 2016: 56.1%
- 2021: 59.1%
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 Aranda, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 40%, followed by Postgraduate degree (32%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (10%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common areas of study for those with qualifications are society and culture at 24.9%, followed by management and commerce at 15.9% and natural and physical sciences at 11.7%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Aranda has 10 schools within 3km, which is more than 82% of similar areas. These schools are larger than most, with an average size of 583 students and a high average advantage score.
3.94
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
10
Higher than 79% 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).
583
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,137
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Aranda
10 schools — 5,828 students, average ICSEA 1,137.
By sector: Government 8 · Catholic 1 · Independent 1
By type: Primary 6 · Secondary 3 · Combined 1
| Aranda Primary School, Aranda | Government | Primary | 0.3 km | 517 | 1,159 |
| St Vincent's Primary School, Aranda | Catholic | Primary | 0.6 km | 195 | 1,117 |
| Canberra High School, Macquarie | Government | Secondary | 1.0 km | 898 | 1,100 |
| Radford College, Bruce | Independent | Combined | 1.5 km | 2,091 | 1,203 |
| University of Canberra Senior Secondary College Lake Ginninderra, Belconnen | Government | Secondary | 2.2 km | 781 | 1,066 |
| Macquarie Primary School, Macquarie | Government | Primary | 2.2 km | 291 | 1,070 |
| Black Mountain School, O'Connor | Government | Secondary | 2.9 km | 108 | 1,030 |
| Maribyrnong Primary School, Kaleen | Government | Primary | 3.2 km | 483 | 1,100 |
| Weetangera Primary School, Weetangera | Government | Primary | 3.2 km | 404 | 1,117 |
| O'Connor Cooperative School, O'Connor | Government | Primary | 3.5 km | 60 | 1,141 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Aranda [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80020/aranda/topic/education