35.1% ▲ +5.7%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.2%
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 35.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Argents Hill · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Argents Hill
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Educational attainment in Argents Hill remains significantly lower than state and national figures. Only 35.1% of residents have completed Year 12, and just 7.1% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. These figures highlight a large gap in formal qualifications compared to the rest of Australia.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the national figure of 58.8%, at just 35.1%. This is much lower than most areas, with about 32.7% of residents having Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →Argents Hill splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (41%) and Year 10 (38%), with Year 9 or below at 13%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The proportion of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is far below the New South Wales figure of 27.8%. The most common highest qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 36.4% of residents.
7.1% ▼ -15.1%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.4%
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 7.1%
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 Argents Hill, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 63%; Bachelor degree is next at 21%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in the area are most common in Engineering and related fields at 16.2%, followed by Society and Culture at 15.2% and Management and Commerce at 8.1%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are three schools within 3 km, which is more than about 70% of similar areas. These schools are smaller than most, and the average school advantage score is among the lowest at this level.
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).
116
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
891
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Argents Hill
3 schools — 349 students, average ICSEA 891.
By sector: Independent 1 · Catholic 1 · Government 1
By type: Primary 2 · Combined 1
| Tallowood Steiner School, Bowraville | Independent | Primary | 11.8 km | 94 | 989 |
| St Mary's Primary School, Bowraville | Catholic | Primary | 12.8 km | 48 | 827 |
| Bowraville Central School, Bowraville | Government | Combined | 12.8 km | 207 | 861 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Argents Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10080/argents-hill/topic/education