39.7% ▲ +30.0%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.6%
- 2016: 35.1%
- 2021: 39.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Hill Top · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Hill Top
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Just 11.6% of adults in Hill Top hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the national figure. This reflects a broader trend in the area where school and university qualifications are much lower than in most other parts of the country.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 39.7% of residents finished Year 12, a figure far below the New South Wales average of 58.9%. About 37.5% of people had Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →Hill Top splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (41%) and Year 10 (39%), with Year 9 or below at 11%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is uncommon here, with a bachelor degree or higher held by only 11.6% of adults. Instead, nearly half of the community hold a Certificate III or IV qualification.
11.6% ▲ +49.5%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.8%
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 11.6%
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 Hill Top, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 56%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 18%.
Field of study
What people studied.
For those with qualifications, the most common fields are Engineering and related services at 21.5%, followed by Management and commerce at 14.8%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are three schools within 3km, though the area has much fewer schools per 1,000 children than most other areas. All local schools are government primary schools with an average size of 100 students.
1.55
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
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).
100
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
943
Lower than 76% 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 Top
3 schools — 299 students, average ICSEA 943.
By sector: Government 3
By type: Primary 3
| Hill Top Public School, Hill Top | Government | Primary | 1.7 km | 120 | 935 |
| Colo Vale Public School, Colo Vale | Government | Primary | 6.4 km | 144 | 952 |
| Yanderra Public School, Yanderra | Government | Primary | 8.9 km | 35 | 934 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Hill Top [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11912/hill-top/topic/education