54.4% ▲ +19.0%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 45.7%
- 2016: 50.9%
- 2021: 54.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Georges Hall · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Georges Hall
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Education levels in Georges Hall have seen shifts over the last decade, with 54.4% of residents now completing Year 12. While this is higher than in many similar areas, it remains well below the national and state figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 54.4% of people finished Year 12, though this is 4.5 percentage points lower than the Australian average. Another 18.7% reached Year 10, while 12.5% left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Georges Hall, Year 12 is the majority at 61%; Year 10 is next at 21%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 16.7% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 27.8%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 24.6% of residents.
16.7% ▲ +36.2%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 14.4%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Georges Hall splits fairly evenly between Certificate III / IV (34%) and Bachelor degree (31%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 22%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Those with qualifications most commonly studied management and commerce (19.3%) or engineering and related fields (13.7%). Society and culture (9.4%) and education (8.7%) were also frequent choices.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has a small number of schools for the amount of children, with only 1.32 schools per 1,000 children. However, the schools that are present are larger than most, with an average size of 491 students.
1.32
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
44
Higher than 91% 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).
491
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
990
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Georges Hall
44 schools — 20,618 students, average ICSEA 990.
By sector: Government 32 · Catholic 9 · Independent 3
By type: Primary 27 · Secondary 11 · Combined 6
| Georges Hall Public School, Georges Hall | Government | Primary | 0.6 km | 685 | 1,017 |
| St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Georges Hall | Catholic | Primary | 0.7 km | 377 | 1,050 |
| Georges River Grammar, Georges Hall | Independent | Combined | 0.9 km | 933 | 1,095 |
| Bass High School, Bass Hill | Government | Secondary | 1.1 km | 874 | 927 |
| George Bass School, Bass Hill | Government | Combined | 1.1 km | 102 | 979 |
| HopePoint Christian School, Georges Hall | Independent | Primary | 1.2 km | 219 | 1,039 |
| Bass Hill Public School, Bass Hill | Government | Primary | 1.6 km | 346 | 929 |
| Villawood East Public School, Villawood | Government | Primary | 2.0 km | 301 | 898 |
| Condell Park High School, Condell Park | Government | Secondary | 2.1 km | 876 | 936 |
| Christ the King Catholic Primary School Bass Hill, Yagoona | Catholic | Primary | 2.2 km | 179 | 1,042 |
| Wattawa Heights Public School, Bankstown | Government | Primary | 2.3 km | 196 | 939 |
| Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Villawood | Catholic | Primary | 2.4 km | 226 | 1,053 |
| Lansvale East Public School, Cabramatta | Government | Primary | 2.5 km | 117 | 969 |
| Georges River Environmental Education Centre, Chipping Norton | Government | Combined | 2.6 km | — | — |
| Chester Hill Public School, Chester Hill | Government | Primary | 2.7 km | 578 | 958 |
| Chipping Norton Public School, Chipping Norton | Government | Primary | 2.7 km | 333 | 1,018 |
| Sefton Infants School, Sefton | Government | Primary | 2.8 km | 93 | 1,027 |
| Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Primary School, Sefton | Catholic | Primary | 2.9 km | 337 | 1,046 |
| Bankstown West Public School, Bankstown | Government | Primary | 3.0 km | 317 | 992 |
| Condell Park Public School, Condell Park | Government | Primary | 3.0 km | 586 | 968 |
| Carramar Public School, Carramar | Government | Primary | 3.1 km | 227 | 931 |
| Condell Park Christian School, Condell Park | Independent | Combined | 3.2 km | 64 | 1,081 |
| Birrong Public School, Birrong | Government | Primary | 3.2 km | 451 | 967 |
| Moorebank High School, Moorebank | Government | Secondary | 3.4 km | 992 | 1,022 |
| Yagoona Public School, Yagoona | Government | Primary | 3.5 km | 556 | 986 |
| Sefton High School, Sefton | Government | Secondary | 3.6 km | 1,121 | 1,033 |
| Birrong Boys High School, Birrong | Government | Secondary | 3.7 km | 366 | 937 |
| Chester Hill High School, Chester Hill | Government | Secondary | 3.7 km | 1,056 | 912 |
| Villawood North Public School, Fairfield East | Government | Primary | 3.7 km | 250 | 937 |
| Lansvale Public School, Canley Vale | Government | Primary | 3.8 km | 524 | 934 |
| Mount St Joseph Milperra, Milperra | Catholic | Secondary | 3.8 km | 891 | 1,060 |
| Milperra Public School, Milperra | Government | Primary | 3.8 km | 317 | 1,027 |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Moorebank | Catholic | Primary | 3.9 km | 440 | 1,074 |
| Bankstown Senior College, Bankstown | Government | Secondary | 3.9 km | 545 | 847 |
| Birrong Girls High School, Birrong | Government | Secondary | 4.0 km | 726 | 956 |
| Newbridge Heights Public School, Moorebank | Government | Primary | 4.0 km | 440 | 1,055 |
| St Brendan's Catholic Primary School, Bankstown | Catholic | Primary | 4.0 km | 443 | 1,029 |
| Bankstown Hospital School, Bankstown | Government | Combined | 4.1 km | — | — |
| La Salle Catholic College, Bankstown | Catholic | Secondary | 4.2 km | 1,057 | 1,011 |
| Bankstown Girls High School, Bankstown | Government | Secondary | 4.2 km | 551 | 964 |
| St Felix Catholic Primary School, Bankstown | Catholic | Primary | 4.3 km | 578 | 1,035 |
| Bankstown Public School, Bankstown | Government | Primary | 4.4 km | 736 | 965 |
| Nuwarra Public School, Moorebank | Government | Primary | 4.5 km | 508 | 997 |
| Caroline Chisholm School, Padstow | Government | Combined | 4.6 km | 104 | 1,004 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Georges Hall [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11605/georges-hall/topic/education