39.0% ▲ +9.6%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.5%
- 2016: 41.8%
- 2021: 39.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Hay South · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Hay South
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Just 39% of residents in Hay South have finished Year 12, a figure far below the national average. This gap is reflected in lower rates of higher education, with far fewer adults holding university degrees compared to the rest of the state.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 39% of people here completed Year 12, which is 20 percentage points lower than in New South Wales and Australia. About 24% of residents finished Year 10, while 14.1% left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Hay South, the largest group is Year 12 at 45%, followed by Year 10 (27%) and Year 9 or below (16%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are uncommon here, with only 10.9% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the New South Wales figure of 27.8%, with Certificate III or IV being the most common qualification at 32.8%.
10.9% ▼ -4.0%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 10.9%
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 Hay South, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 48%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (22%) and Bachelor degree (20%).
Field of study
What people studied.
For those with qualifications, the most common fields are engineering and related subjects at 13.4%, followed by health and education, which both sit at 10.2%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The three schools within 3km of the area are smaller than those in most similar areas, with a much lower average advantage score. Two-thirds of these schools are government-run and primary-focused.
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).
135
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
928
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Hay South
3 schools — 404 students, average ICSEA 928.
By sector: Government 2 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 2 · Secondary 1
| St Mary's Parish School, Hay | Catholic | Primary | 17.1 km | 33 | 950 |
| Hay Public School, Hay | Government | Primary | 17.5 km | 216 | 934 |
| Hay War Memorial High School, Hay | Government | Secondary | 17.5 km | 155 | 916 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Hay South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11882/hay-south/topic/education