44.4% —
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 53.8%
- 2021: 44.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Hartys Plains · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Hartys Plains
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
No adults in Hartys Plains hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the national figure. This gap is a key feature of the area, where fewer people have finished high school compared to the rest of the country.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 44.4% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the 58.8% national average. Around 22.2% of people finished Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Hartys Plains, Year 12 is the majority at 52%; Year 9 or below is next at 26%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher qualifications are very rare here, with 0% of adults holding a university degree. Instead, the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 31% of residents.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.4%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 Hartys Plains, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 75%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 25%.
Field of study
What people studied.
For those with qualifications, the most common fields are Health and Society & Culture, both at 20.7%. Engineering and Management & Commerce each account for 10.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one government primary school, which is much smaller than most others with an average size of 22 students. This school also has one of the lowest advantage scores for its level.
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).
22
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
838
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Hartys Plains
1 school — 22 students, average ICSEA 838.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Huntingdon Public School, Wauchope | Government | Primary | 3.4 km | 22 | 838 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Hartys Plains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11871/hartys-plains/topic/education