40.8% ▲ +23.5%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.1%
- 2016: 34.2%
- 2021: 40.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Hawks Nest · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Hawks Nest
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 18 percentage points separates Hawks Nest from the state and national figures for Year 12 completion. While some residents hold high-level degrees, the area generally has lower school completion rates than most similar places.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 40.8% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales and Australian figures of around 59%. About 30% of the population left school after Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Hawks Nest, the largest group is Year 12 at 47%, followed by Year 10 (34%) and Year 9 or below (12%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 18.8% of the population, which is higher than in most similar areas but well below the national figure of 26.3%. Certificate III or IV is the most common qualification at 29%.
18.8% ▲ +54.7%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 14.4%
- 2021: 18.8%
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 Hawks Nest, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 40%, followed by Bachelor degree (27%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (19%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for qualified residents are management and commerce at 15%, followed closely by engineering and related fields at 14.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one government primary school within 3 km, though its average size of 130 students is 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).
130
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
934
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 Hawks Nest
1 school — 130 students, average ICSEA 934.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Tea Gardens Public School, Tea Gardens | Government | Primary | 8.2 km | 130 | 934 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Hawks Nest [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11880/hawks-nest/topic/education