29.7% ▼ -17.1%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.8%
- 2016: 30.6%
- 2021: 29.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Hill End · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Hill End
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 29.7% of people in Hill End finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This suggests a community where many adults left school early, and few have gone on to complete university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion is much lower than most areas, with Year 12 graduates at 29.7% compared to the state figure of 58.9%. About 22.8% of residents left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →Hill End splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (37%) and Year 10 (35%), with Year 9 or below at 28%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is less common here, as only 10.9% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the national average of 26.3%, though Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common at 30.6%.
10.9% ▼ -13.1%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 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 Hill End, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 44%, followed by Bachelor degree (26%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (23%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across several fields, with the most common being creative arts at 12.9% and engineering at 11.3%. Architecture, building, and agriculture each account for 9.7% of qualifications.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area is served by one government primary school, which is among the smallest of its kind with a typical size of 14 students. This school has 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).
14
Lower than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
972
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Hill End
1 school — 14 students, average ICSEA 972.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Hill End Public School, Hill End | Government | Primary | 2.9 km | 14 | 972 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Hill End [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11910/hill-end/topic/education