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Sydney - Inner South West · Region (SA4)

Education & Qualifications in Sydney - Inner South West

How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.

Management and commerce degrees are the most common qualification in Sydney - Inner South West, where 25.2% of qualified adults study these fields. This is a highly educated area where 65.1% of people have completed Year 12, a figure that is well above the national average.

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📍 Sydney - Inner South West, Region (SA4)

Where Sydney - Inner South West sits — Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

28.0% ▲ +45.1%

All region (sa4) areas, 2021. The marker is Sydney - Inner South West — higher than 74% of areas.

Sydney - Inner South West28.0%
Greater Sydney 33.3%
New South Wales 27.8%
Australia 26.3%

Schooling

Highest year of school completed.

Year 12 completion rates have risen 10 points since 2011 to reach 65.1%. This is much higher than most areas and sits well above the New South Wales figure of 58.9%.

Completed Year 12

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65.1% ▲ +18.4%

Higher than 78% of region (sa4) areas.

Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.

Highest year of school

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In Sydney - Inner South West, Year 12 is the majority at 70%; Year 10 is next at 14%.

Year 12 65.1% Year 10 13.2% Year 9 or below 11.0% Year 11 3.4%

Qualifications

Post-school qualifications and degrees.

The proportion of adults with a bachelor degree or higher has climbed 8.7 points since 2011 to reach 28%. This is much higher than most areas and a little above the Australian figure of 26.3%.

Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

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28.0% ▲ +45.1%

Higher than 74% of region (sa4) areas.

Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).

Highest qualification level

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In Sydney - Inner South West, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 39%, followed by Certificate III / IV (21%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (20%).

Bachelor degree 31.6% Certificate III / IV 17.2% Advanced diploma / diploma 16.1% Postgraduate degree 12.4% Graduate diploma / certificate 2.5% Certificate I / II 1.5%

Field of study

What people studied.

Qualifications are spread across various fields, with 11.9% in engineering and related subjects, and 10.6% in society and culture. Health and education make up 7.9% and 6.4% respectively.

Schools

Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).

The area has one of the largest networks of schools with 171 campuses serving 80,189 students. While school advantage scores are higher than most areas, there are much fewer schools per 1,000 children than in other regions.

Average school ICSEA

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1,040

Higher than 66% of region (sa4) areas.

Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).

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Schools serving Sydney - Inner South West

171 schools — 80,189 students, average ICSEA 1,040.

By sector: Government 111 · Catholic 37 · Independent 23

By type: Primary 113 · Secondary 37 · Combined 21
Malek Fahd Islamic School, Greenacre Independent Combined — 3,352 1,063
Al Noori Muslim School, Greenacre Independent Primary — 2,407 1,086
Marist Catholic College Penshurst, Mortdale Catholic Secondary — 1,343 1,090
St Charbel's College, Punchbowl Independent Combined — 1,198 1,054
St Ursula's College, Kingsgrove Catholic Secondary — 1,110 1,095
Bethany College, Hurstville Catholic Secondary — 1,091 1,083
La Salle Catholic College, Bankstown Catholic Secondary — 1,057 1,011
Hurstville Public School, Hurstville Government Primary — 1,048 1,102
Marist College Kogarah, Bexley Catholic Secondary — 1,045 1,076
Danebank - An Anglican School for Girls, Hurstville Independent Combined — 1,043 1,146
Kingsgrove North High School, Kingsgrove Government Secondary — 1,020 1,002
Blakehurst High School, Blakehurst Government Secondary — 1,013 1,043
Beverly Hills Girls High School, Beverly Hills Government Secondary — 1,003 1,003
Rissalah College, Lakemba Independent Combined — 946 1,041
Sir Joseph Banks High School, Revesby Government Secondary — 945 949
Georges River Grammar, Georges Hall Independent Combined — 933 1,095
St George Girls High School, Kogarah Government Secondary — 908 1,148
Sydney Technical High School, Bexley Government Secondary — 907 1,136
Mount St Joseph Milperra, Milperra Catholic Secondary — 891 1,060
Condell Park High School, Condell Park Government Secondary — 876 936
Bass High School, Bass Hill Government Secondary — 874 927
Picnic Point High School, Picnic Point Government Secondary — 865 1,018
Hampden Park Public School, Lakemba Government Primary — 859 966
St George Christian School, Hurstville Independent Combined — 845 1,159
East Hills Boys High School, Panania Government Secondary — 843 1,013
Kogarah High School, Kogarah Government Secondary — 787 993
Al Zahra College, Arncliffe Independent Combined — 773 1,032
Al Sadiq College, Greenacre Independent Combined — 771 942
East Hills Girls Technology High School, Panania Government Secondary — 759 1,031
Georges River College Peakhurst Campus, Peakhurst Government Secondary — 758 1,008
Georges River College Oatley Senior Campus, Oatley Government Secondary — 741 1,022
Bankstown Public School, Bankstown Government Primary — 736 965
Holy Spirit Catholic College, Lakemba Catholic Secondary — 730 999
Birrong Girls High School, Birrong Government Secondary — 726 956
Georges Hall Public School, Georges Hall Government Primary — 685 1,017
Kingsgrove High School, Kingsgrove Government Secondary — 672 986
De La Salle College, Revesby Heights, Revesby Heights Catholic Secondary — 650 1,065
All Saints Grammar, Belmore Independent Secondary — 646 1,077
Regina Coeli Catholic Primary School, Beverly Hills Catholic Primary — 637 1,100
St Euphemia College, Bankstown Independent Combined — 622 1,038
St Luke's Catholic Primary School, Revesby Catholic Primary — 622 1,091
Belmore Boys High School, Belmore Government Secondary — 614 953
Greenacre Public School, Greenacre Government Primary — 611 938
St Christopher's Catholic Primary School, Panania Catholic Primary — 606 1,091
Earlwood Public School, Earlwood Government Primary — 600 1,107
Carlton Public School, Bexley Government Primary — 599 1,041
Wiley Park Girls High School, Punchbowl Government Secondary — 589 954
Condell Park Public School, Condell Park Government Primary — 586 968
St Felix Catholic Primary School, Bankstown Catholic Primary — 578 1,035
Yagoona Public School, Yagoona Government Primary — 556 986
Bankstown Girls High School, Bankstown Government Secondary — 551 964
Wiley Park Public School, Wiley Park Government Primary — 550 994
Bankstown Senior College, Bankstown Government Secondary — 545 847
St Declan's Catholic Primary School, Penshurst Catholic Primary — 539 1,108
Punchbowl Public School, Punchbowl Government Primary — 528 976
Sans Souci Public School, Sans Souci Government Primary — 523 1,060
Oatley West Public School, Oatley Government Primary — 519 1,132
Campsie Public School, Campsie Government Primary — 515 1,016
Carlton South Public School, Carlton Government Primary — 514 1,064
Banksia Road Public School, Greenacre Government Primary — 512 980
Clemton Park Public School, Earlwood Government Primary — 500 1,038
Georges River College Penshurst Campus, Penshurst Government Secondary — 488 1,038
James Cook Boys High School, Kogarah Government Secondary — 473 1,022
Punchbowl Boys High School, Punchbowl Government Secondary — 472 923
Penshurst Public School, Penshurst Government Primary — 458 1,061
Kogarah Public School, Kogarah Government Primary — 456 1,087
Hurstville South Public School, Hurstville Government Primary — 453 1,077
Birrong Public School, Birrong Government Primary — 451 967
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Riverwood Catholic Primary — 450 1,083
Ramsgate Public School, Ramsgate Government Primary — 447 1,039
St Brendan's Catholic Primary School, Bankstown Catholic Primary — 443 1,029
Panania North Public School, Panania Government Primary — 441 1,026
Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Primary School, Kingsgrove Catholic Primary — 439 1,113
Brighton-Le-Sands Public School, Brighton-Le-Sands Government Primary — 433 1,064
Chullora Public School, Greenacre Government Primary — 430 965
Connells Point Public School, South Hurstville Government Primary — 429 1,088
Lakemba Public School, Lakemba Government Primary — 428 999
St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Kogarah Catholic Primary — 416 1,117
Peakhurst Public School, Peakhurst Government Primary — 412 1,043
St Mary's Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School, Hurstville Catholic Primary — 408 1,088
Mater Dei Catholic Primary School, Blakehurst Catholic Primary — 400 1,103
Al Hikma College, Lakemba Independent Primary — 399 1,049
Bankstown North Public School, Bankstown Government Primary — 382 986
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Georges Hall Catholic Primary — 377 1,050
Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School, Earlwood Catholic Primary — 374 1,110
Arncliffe Public School, Arncliffe Government Primary — 373 1,028
Harcourt Public School, Campsie Government Primary — 373 1,033
Moorefield Girls High School, Kogarah Government Secondary — 372 1,025
St Mary and St Mina's Coptic Orthodox College, Bexley Independent Primary — 372 1,123
Panania Public School, Panania Government Primary — 368 1,057
Birrong Boys High School, Birrong Government Secondary — 366 937
Oatley Public School, Oatley Government Primary — 365 1,126
Picnic Point Public School, Picnic Point Government Primary — 360 1,101
Beverly Hills North Public School, Beverly Hills Government Primary — 352 1,030
Mortdale Public School, Mortdale Government Primary — 350 1,096
Bass Hill Public School, Bass Hill Government Primary — 346 929
St Mel's Catholic Primary School, Campsie Catholic Primary — 345 1,056
Bexley North Public School, Bexley Government Primary — 340 1,071
Padstow Park Public School, Padstow Government Primary — 334 1,019
McCallums Hill Public School, Roselands Government Primary — 330 1,001
Greenacre Christian College, Greenacre Independent Combined — 322 1,087
Rockdale Public School, Rockdale Government Primary — 321 1,053
Beverly Hills Public School, Beverly Hills Government Primary — 320 1,051
Bankstown West Public School, Bankstown Government Primary — 317 992
Milperra Public School, Milperra Government Primary — 317 1,027
Peakhurst South Public School, Peakhurst Government Primary — 313 1,061
Revesby South Public School, Revesby Government Primary — 312 1,041
Padstow North Public School, Padstow Government Primary — 305 1,036
Revesby Public School, Revesby Government Primary — 303 999
Villawood East Public School, Villawood Government Primary — 301 898
Holy Saviour School, Greenacre Independent Primary — 298 1,038
Padstow Heights Public School, Padstow Government Primary — 297 1,053
St Francis Xavier's Catholic Primary School, Arncliffe Catholic Primary — 292 1,116
Peakhurst West Public School, Peakhurst Government Primary — 291 1,023
Athelstane Public School, Arncliffe Government Primary — 277 1,003
Lugarno Public School, Lugarno Government Primary — 272 1,099
Canterbury South Public School, Canterbury Government Primary — 269 1,038
Kingsgrove Public School, Kingsgrove Government Primary — 268 1,010
Georges River College Hurstville Campus, Hurstville Government Secondary — 267 1,017
Blakehurst Public School, Blakehurst Government Primary — 256 1,049
Belmore North Public School, Belmore Government Primary — 252 977
Bexley Public School, Bexley Government Primary — 249 1,005
Bald Face Public School, Blakehurst Government Primary — 246 1,123
Narwee Public School, Narwee Government Primary — 246 1,001
St Michael's Catholic Primary School, Belfield Catholic Primary — 239 1,036
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Belmore Catholic Primary — 232 1,036
Arkana College, Kingsgrove Independent Primary — 231 1,092
Belmore South Public School, Belmore Government Primary — 230 1,012
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Villawood Catholic Primary — 226 1,053
St John Vianney Catholic Primary School, Greenacre Catholic Primary — 221 1,034
Penshurst West Public School, Mortdale Government Primary — 220 1,047
HopePoint Christian School, Georges Hall Independent Primary — 219 1,039
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Oatley Catholic Primary — 219 1,131
St Finbar's Catholic Primary School Sans Souci, Sans Souci Catholic Primary — 218 1,091
St Raphael's Catholic Primary School, South Hurstville Catholic Primary — 210 1,130
Aspect South East Sydney School, Peakhurst Independent Primary — 209 1,067
Kyeemagh Public School, Rockdale Government Primary — 204 1,057
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Rockdale Catholic Primary — 204 1,092
St Therese Catholic Primary School, Padstow Catholic Primary — 200 1,079
St Thomas More's Catholic Primary School Brighton Le Sands, Brighton-Le-Sands Catholic Primary — 198 1,090
Kingdom Culture Christian School, Arncliffe Independent Combined — 196 1,082
Wattawa Heights Public School, Bankstown Government Primary — 196 939
Christ the King Catholic Primary School Bass Hill, Yagoona Catholic Primary — 179 1,042
St Gabriel's Catholic Primary School Bexley, Bexley Catholic Primary — 179 1,089
St Therese's Catholic Primary School, Lakemba Catholic Primary — 176 1,024
St Jerome's Catholic Primary School, Punchbowl Catholic Primary — 175 1,004
Mount Lewis Infants School, Greenacre Government Primary — 173 1,047
Hurstville Adventist School, Hurstville Independent Primary — 166 1,114
Tower Street Public School, Panania Government Primary — 154 998
Undercliffe Public School, Earlwood Government Primary — 152 1,092
Bankstown South Infants School, Bankstown Government Primary — 141 999
East Hills Public School, Panania Government Primary — 130 986
Riverwood Public School, Riverwood Government Primary — 126 958
Hannans Road Public School, Riverwood Government Primary — 106 987
Caroline Chisholm School, Padstow Government Combined — 104 1,004
George Bass School, Bass Hill Government Combined — 102 979
Broderick Gillawarna School, Revesby Government Combined — 100 1,005
Cairnsfoot School, Brighton-Le-Sands Government Combined — 99 1,036
Arncliffe West Infants School, Arncliffe Government Primary — 86 1,058
Condell Park Christian School, Condell Park Independent Combined — 64 1,081
St George School, Kogarah Government Combined — 64 1,055
Hurstville Grove Infants School, Penshurst Government Primary — 59 1,097
Carinya School, Mortdale Government Combined — 55 975
Wangee Park School, Campsie Government Combined — 51 1,011
Woniora Road School, Hurstville Government Secondary — 46 999
St Dominic Savio School, Rockdale Independent Primary — 41 1,053
Canterbury Vale School, Lakemba Government Secondary — 36 921
Bardwell Park Infants School, Bardwell Park Government Primary — 33 1,088
Southside Montessori School, Riverwood Independent Primary — 32 1,110
Bankstown Hospital School, Bankstown Government Combined — — —
St George Hospital School, Kogarah Government Combined — — —

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
  • 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 Sydney - Inner South West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/119/sydney-inner-south-west/topic/education