49.6% ▲ +180.0%
Higher than 79% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.7%
- 2016: 18.3%
- 2021: 49.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Riverside · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Riverside
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A massive 32 percentage point jump in Year 12 completions since 2011 defines the educational shift in Riverside (L). While schooling rates remain well below the national figure, the area now sees far more residents finishing high school and earning degrees than in most similar places.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Roughly half of residents have completed Year 12, a figure that is much higher than in most similar areas but still well below the New South Wales average of 58.9%. About 30% of the population finished Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Riverside, Year 12 is the majority at 54%; Year 10 is next at 33%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 19.7% of the population, which is much higher than most similar areas. This is a significant increase from 8.5% in 2011, though it remains well below the Australian figure of 26.3%.
19.7% ▲ +132.7%
Higher than 80% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 19.7%
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 Riverside, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 40%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (24%) and Bachelor degree (23%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common qualifications are in management and commerce at 18.2%, followed by engineering at 15.8% and education at 13.3%. Health and architecture or building also feature prominently among the highest qualifications held by residents.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Riverside [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122115/riverside/topic/education