59.1% ▲ +15.2%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 51.3%
- 2016: 51.2%
- 2021: 59.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Hawkesbury Heights · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Hawkesbury Heights
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 8.2 percentage points separates Hawkesbury Heights from the New South Wales average for university degrees. While nearly 60% of residents have finished Year 12, the area is more likely to hold trade certificates than higher degrees compared to the state and national figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 59.1% of people here have completed Year 12, which is much higher than most similar areas and roughly the same as the state and national figures.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Hawkesbury Heights, Year 12 is the majority at 60%; Year 10 is next at 30%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees or higher are held by 19.6% of adults, which is higher than most similar areas but well below the Australian average. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 36.8% of the population.
19.6% ▲ +19.5%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.4%
- 2016: 18.9%
- 2021: 19.6%
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 Hawkesbury Heights, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 43%, followed by Bachelor degree (22%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (19%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification include engineering and related studies at 18.4%, followed by management and commerce at 15.0% and society and culture at 13.2%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are three schools within 3km, which is more than 70% of similar areas, and all of them are government-run. These schools have a school advantage score of 1,033, which is higher than most areas.
3
Higher than 67% 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).
394
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,033
Higher 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 Hawkesbury Heights
3 schools — 1,183 students, average ICSEA 1,033.
By sector: Government 3
By type: Primary 2 · Secondary 1
| Winmalee High School, Winmalee | Government | Secondary | 2.9 km | 698 | 1,040 |
| Castlereagh Public School, Castlereagh | Government | Primary | 2.9 km | 126 | 968 |
| Winmalee Public School, Winmalee | Government | Primary | 3.2 km | 359 | 1,043 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Hawkesbury Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11879/hawkesbury-heights/topic/education