43.4% ▲ +11.6%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.9%
- 2016: 41.1%
- 2021: 43.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Green Pigeon · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Green Pigeon
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common achievement in Green Pigeon, held by 37.1% of adults. While trade certificates are prevalent, the area generally has lower formal education levels than the state and national averages.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Far fewer people here finished high school compared to the rest of the country, with only 43.4% completing Year 12. This is 15 points below the Australian figure.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Green Pigeon, the largest group is Year 12 at 46%, followed by Year 10 (34%) and Year 9 or below (12%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The proportion of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is 14.6%, which is far below the New South Wales average of 27.8%.
14.6% ▲ +3.5%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.1%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 14.6%
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 Green Pigeon, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 47%, followed by Bachelor degree (25%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (13%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in this area are spread across several fields, led by management and commerce at 12.4%, followed by engineering and related fields at 11.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one government primary school within 3km, though it is among the smallest schools of its type with an average size of 15 students.
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).
15
Lower than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
996
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 Green Pigeon
1 school — 15 students, average ICSEA 996.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Collins Creek Public School, Collins Creek | Government | Primary | 4.1 km | 15 | 996 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Green Pigeon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11759/green-pigeon/topic/education