33.1% ▲ +3.7%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.9%
- 2016: 28.1%
- 2021: 33.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Gormans Hill · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Gormans Hill
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people have finished high school in Gormans Hill than in most similar areas. Only 33.1% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This trend is reflected in the qualification levels, where university degrees are also much less common than in other parts of the state.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion is very low here, with only 33.1% of people finishing Year 12, which is 26 points lower than the New South Wales average. About 30.4% of residents stopped their schooling at Year 10, and 21.3% left at Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →Gormans Hill splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (36%) and Year 10 (33%), with Year 9 or below at 23%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are rare in Gormans Hill, where only 10.8% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the national figure of 26.3%, while Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common, held by 35.2% of people.
10.8% ▼ -0.4%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 10.8%
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 Gormans Hill, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 47%, followed by Bachelor degree (21%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (19%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for those with qualifications are Engineering at 13.3% and Management and Commerce at 12.3%. Health and Education both follow closely at around 11% each.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Gormans Hill has more schools per child than most similar areas, with 15 schools within 3km. These schools are typically larger than average, with the government sector making up 46.7% of the local options.
9.35
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
15
Higher than 86% 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).
447
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
997
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Gormans Hill
15 schools — 6,708 students, average ICSEA 997.
By sector: Government 7 · Catholic 5 · Independent 3
By type: Primary 8 · Secondary 5 · Combined 2
| MacKillop College Bathurst, Bathurst | Catholic | Secondary | 4.0 km | 691 | 1,027 |
| St Philomena's Catholic Primary School Bathurst, South Bathurst | Catholic | Primary | 4.2 km | 216 | 1,028 |
| Skillset Senior College, Mitchell | Independent | Secondary | 4.5 km | 155 | 904 |
| Bathurst South Public School, Bathurst | Government | Primary | 4.6 km | 184 | 936 |
| Scots All Saints College, White Rock | Independent | Combined | 4.6 km | 779 | 1,087 |
| Perthville Public School, Perthville | Government | Primary | 4.9 km | 126 | 1,013 |
| St Stanislaus' College, Bathurst | Independent | Secondary | 5.0 km | 713 | 1,038 |
| Carenne School, Bathurst | Government | Combined | 5.4 km | 97 | 908 |
| Bathurst Public School, Bathurst | Government | Primary | 5.7 km | 424 | 983 |
| Cathedral Catholic Primary School Bathurst, Bathurst | Catholic | Primary | 5.7 km | 363 | 1,036 |
| Kelso Public School, Kelso | Government | Primary | 5.8 km | 374 | 859 |
| Denison College of Secondary Education, Bathurst High Campus, Bathurst | Government | Secondary | 6.5 km | 917 | 963 |
| Denison College of Secondary Education, Kelso High Campus, Kelso | Government | Secondary | 6.7 km | 813 | 936 |
| The Assumption Catholic Primary School Bathurst, Bathurst | Catholic | Primary | 6.8 km | 393 | 1,031 |
| Holy Family Catholic Primary School Kelso, Kelso | Catholic | Primary | 7.5 km | 463 | 1,028 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Gormans Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11726/gormans-hill/topic/education