30.7% ▲ +8.6%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.3%
- 2016: 28.3%
- 2021: 30.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Harwood · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Harwood
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 Harwood, held by 43.7% of adults. The area has a lower level of formal schooling and degrees than most other places, with only 30.7% of residents finishing Year 12.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Far fewer people here finished high school compared to the state and national figures, which sit around 59%. The most common highest year of schooling completed in Harwood is Year 10, at 37.5%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Harwood, the largest group is Year 10 at 43%, followed by Year 12 (35%) and Year 9 or below (13%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 9.3% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. This lower level of university qualification is consistent with the area's lower rate of Year 12 completion.
9.3% ▼ -8.4%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 9.3%
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 Harwood, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 62%; Bachelor degree is next at 16%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification are engineering and related subjects at 17.1%, followed by management and commerce at 12.7%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Harwood has 8 schools within 3 km, giving it a much higher number of schools per 1,000 children than most similar areas. Most of these are primary schools, and 62.5% are government run.
16.39
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
8
Higher than 77% 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).
190
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
962
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Harwood
8 schools — 1,523 students, average ICSEA 962.
By sector: Government 5 · Independent 2 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 5 · Combined 2 · Secondary 1
| Harwood Island Public School, Harwood | Government | Primary | 1.4 km | 34 | 943 |
| Chatsworth Island Public School, Chatsworth | Government | Primary | 2.9 km | 83 | 977 |
| Palmers Island Public School, Palmers Island | Government | Primary | 4.6 km | 56 | 944 |
| Pacific Valley Christian School, Townsend | Independent | Combined | 5.9 km | 277 | 985 |
| Valley Hope Christian School, Townsend | Independent | Combined | 5.9 km | 51 | 951 |
| Maclean Public School, Maclean | Government | Primary | 6.3 km | 198 | 908 |
| St Joseph's Primary School, Maclean | Catholic | Primary | 6.4 km | 135 | 1,019 |
| Maclean High School, Maclean | Government | Secondary | 7.1 km | 689 | 959 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Harwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11872/harwood/topic/education