49.3% ▲ +57.2%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.3%
- 2016: 42.5%
- 2021: 49.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Gillieston Heights · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Gillieston Heights
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer than half of adults in Gillieston Heights have completed Year 12, which is well below the national figure. While this is higher than in most similar areas, the community generally holds lower levels of formal schooling and university qualifications than people across New South Wales.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Just 49.3% of residents finished Year 12, a result that is well below the state and national averages. About 29.9% of the population had Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Gillieston Heights, Year 12 is the majority at 51%; Year 10 is next at 31%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are far less common here than across the state, with only 15.2% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. Most people instead hold a Certificate III or IV, which is the most common qualification at 45.7%.
15.2% ▲ +52.9%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 15.2%
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 Gillieston Heights, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 51%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 19%.
Field of study
What people studied.
For those with higher qualifications, the most common fields are management and commerce at 19.9% and engineering at 18.1%. Health and society and culture follow at 12.4% each.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Gillieston Heights has 11 schools within 3km, though there are far fewer schools per 1,000 children than in most areas. The typical school here is much larger than average and mostly government-run.
1.55
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
11
Higher than 81% 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).
547
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
958
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Gillieston Heights
11 schools — 6,021 students, average ICSEA 958.
By sector: Government 6 · Catholic 3 · Independent 2
By type: Primary 8 · Secondary 3
| Gillieston Public School, Gillieston Heights | Government | Primary | 1.7 km | 404 | 922 |
| The Heights Learning Community, Gillieston Heights | Independent | Primary | 2.2 km | 14 | 1,058 |
| Hunter Trade College, Telarah | Independent | Secondary | 3.2 km | 257 | 978 |
| Telarah Public School, Maitland | Government | Primary | 4.2 km | 519 | 879 |
| Maitland Public School, Maitland | Government | Primary | 4.5 km | 405 | 936 |
| St Paul's Primary School, Rutherford | Catholic | Primary | 4.6 km | 370 | 996 |
| St John the Baptist Primary School, Maitland | Catholic | Primary | 4.7 km | 397 | 1,047 |
| All Saints College, Maitland | Catholic | Secondary | 4.8 km | 1,191 | 1,023 |
| Nillo Infants School, Lorn | Government | Primary | 5.5 km | 52 | 1,076 |
| Rutherford Public School, Rutherford | Government | Primary | 5.7 km | 1,007 | 933 |
| Rutherford Technology High School, Rutherford | Government | Secondary | 5.7 km | 1,405 | 922 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Gillieston Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11628/gillieston-heights/topic/education