37.7% —
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 37.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Harpers Hill · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Harpers Hill
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 21 percentage points separates Harpers Hill from the state and national figures for Year 12 completion. While 19.7% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, far fewer residents finished high school than in most other areas. This creates a mixed educational profile for the local community.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 37.7% of residents have completed Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. The most common highest year of school completed is Year 10, at 43.4%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Harpers Hill, the largest group is Year 10 at 38%, followed by Year 12 (33%) and Year 9 or below (28%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 19.7% of the population, which is higher than most similar areas. However, this remains well below the Australian figure of 26.3%.
19.7% —
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 19.7%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Harpers Hill splits fairly evenly between Bachelor degree (41%) and Certificate III / IV (41%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 17%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are Health at 19.5%, followed by Engineering, Architecture, and Management, which each account for 9.8%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area is served by one government primary school, which is smaller than most other schools in similar areas. This school has an average advantage score of 935, which is much lower than most areas.
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).
186
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
935
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Harpers Hill
1 school — 186 students, average ICSEA 935.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Greta Public School, Greta | Government | Primary | 3.0 km | 186 | 935 |
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Harpers Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11864/harpers-hill/topic/education