40.8% —
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 37.5%
- 2021: 40.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Hillgrove · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Hillgrove
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer people have finished high school in Hillgrove compared to most other areas, with only 40.8% completing Year 12. This gap is far below the national figure, reflecting a community where many residents left school early or pursued different paths.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 40.8% of residents completed Year 12, which is 18 percentage points lower than the New South Wales and Australian averages. Other common outcomes include 23.1% finishing Year 10 and 12.9% finishing Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Hillgrove, Year 12 is the majority at 51%; Year 10 is next at 29%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 16.6% of the population, which is well below the national figure of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 28.3% of residents.
16.6% —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.2%
- 2021: 16.6%
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 Hillgrove, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 41%, followed by Bachelor degree (22%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (19%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in this area are spread across several fields, with Management and Commerce being the most common at 17.4%, followed by Society and Culture at 15.2%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one government primary school in the area, which is small with an average size of just 4 students.
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).
4
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
Schools serving Hillgrove
1 school — 4 students.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Chandler Public School, Wollomombi | Government | Primary | 14.9 km | 4 | — |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Hillgrove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11914/hillgrove/topic/education