35.9% ▲ +6.4%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.7%
- 2016: 35.0%
- 2021: 35.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Hanwood · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Hanwood
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Hanwood finished high school compared to the rest of the country, with only 35.9% completing Year 12. This gap is seen across the board, as the area also has a much lower rate of university degrees than the state or national average.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion rates are far below the national figure of 58.8%, with 35.9% of residents finishing their final year. About 28.8% of the population had Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Hanwood, the largest group is Year 12 at 44%, followed by Year 10 (36%) and Year 9 or below (14%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 10.1% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the New South Wales average of 27.8%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 32.4% of residents.
10.1% ▲ +24.6%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 10.1%
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 Hanwood, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 52%; Bachelor degree is next at 24%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Degrees in management and commerce are the most common at 14.6%, followed closely by engineering and related fields at 14.2%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Hanwood has nine schools within 3km, which is more than 81% of similar areas. Most of these are government schools, and the average school size of 310 students is around the middle for its level.
3.76
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
9
Higher than 78% 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).
310
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
952
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Hanwood
9 schools — 2,791 students, average ICSEA 952.
By sector: Government 6 · Catholic 2 · Independent 1
By type: Primary 5 · Combined 2 · Secondary 2
| Hanwood Public School, Hanwood | Government | Primary | 3.4 km | 154 | 982 |
| Verity Christian College, Griffith | Independent | Combined | 6.5 km | 147 | 959 |
| Kalinda School, Griffith | Government | Combined | 7.4 km | 38 | 835 |
| Murrumbidgee Regional High School - Griffith, Griffith | Government | Secondary | 7.5 km | 608 | 899 |
| Griffith Public School, Griffith | Government | Primary | 7.5 km | 433 | 881 |
| St Mary's Primary School, Yoogali | Catholic | Primary | 8.0 km | 161 | 1,033 |
| Yoogali Public School, Yoogali | Government | Primary | 8.2 km | 49 | 931 |
| Marian Catholic College, Griffith | Catholic | Secondary | 8.4 km | 701 | 1,012 |
| Griffith East Public School, Griffith | Government | Primary | 8.5 km | 500 | 966 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Hanwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11857/hanwood/topic/education