39.8% ▲ +23.3%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.3%
- 2016: 32.3%
- 2021: 39.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Colo Heights · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Colo Heights
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Colo Heights have finished high school or university compared to the rest of the country. Only 39.8% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This gap is also seen in higher education, where very few adults hold a university degree.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the state and national figures, and only 39.8% of people reached that level. Around 30.7% of residents finished Year 10, while 14.4% left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Colo Heights, the largest group is Year 12 at 46%, followed by Year 10 (35%) and Year 9 or below (17%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up just 5.8% of the population, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 27.8%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 45.8% of residents.
5.8% ▼ -22.6%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.5%
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 5.8%
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 Colo Heights, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 60%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 22%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in this area are mostly focused on practical and business fields, with Engineering at 20.9% and Management and commerce at 15.7%. Architecture and building is another common field at 11.1%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are far more schools per 1,000 children here than in most similar areas, though the typical school size is much smaller at 29 students. The area's only school is a government primary school.
15.87
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
1
Lower than 57% 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).
29
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
949
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Colo Heights
1 school — 29 students, average ICSEA 949.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Colo Heights Public School, Colo Heights | Government | Primary | 10.0 km | 29 | 949 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Colo Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10984/colo-heights/topic/education