41.9% ▲ +28.6%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.6%
- 2016: 32.8%
- 2021: 41.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Hat Head · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Hat Head
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 Hat Head, held by 36.7% of residents. While some adults hold high-level degrees, far fewer people here have finished Year 12 compared to the rest of the country.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 41.9% of residents have completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. Roughly 31.9% of the population left school after Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Hat Head, the largest group is Year 12 at 46%, followed by Year 10 (35%) and Year 9 or below (14%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
A bachelor degree or higher is held by 21.9% of adults, which is higher than most similar areas but still well below the New South Wales average of 27.8%.
21.9% ▲ +56.7%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.0%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 21.9%
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 Hat Head, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 45%, followed by Bachelor degree (28%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (11%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in this area are spread across several fields, with architecture and building and education both being the most common at 13.5%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one primary school in the area, which is a government school. It is much smaller than most, with an average of 27 students and a lower advantage score 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).
27
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
951
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 Hat Head
1 school — 27 students, average ICSEA 951.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Kinchela Public School, Kinchela | Government | Primary | 7.8 km | 27 | 951 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Hat Head [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11876/hat-head/topic/education