72.2% ▲ +19.7%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.3%
- 2016: 65.1%
- 2021: 72.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Hurlstone Park · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Hurlstone Park
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A far higher share of Hurlstone Park residents have completed Year 12 and earned university degrees than the state or national figures. This gap is clear in the data, with nearly 40% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher, placing the area among the most qualified in the region.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion is very high here, with 72.2% of people finishing Year 12. This is far above the 58.9% seen across New South Wales.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Hurlstone Park, Year 12 is the majority at 75%; Year 9 or below is next at 11%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
About 39.6% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far above the national figure of 26.3%. Postgraduate degrees are also common, held by 16.8% of residents.
39.6% ▲ +42.1%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.9%
- 2016: 31.8%
- 2021: 39.6%
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 Hurlstone Park, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 42%, followed by Postgraduate degree (19%) and Certificate III / IV (16%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are most common in management and commerce (19.7%) and society and culture (16.8%), followed by creative arts and engineering.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Local schools have a high advantage score and are larger than most, though there are fewer schools per child. Most of the 58 schools within 3km are government primary schools.
1.32
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
58
Higher than 93% 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).
494
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,101
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Hurlstone Park
58 schools — 28,178 students, average ICSEA 1,101.
By sector: Government 38 · Catholic 11 · Independent 9
By type: Primary 36 · Secondary 13 · Combined 9
| Edgeware School, Hurlstone Park | Government | Secondary | 0.5 km | 31 | 851 |
| Canterbury Public School, Canterbury | Government | Primary | 0.6 km | 346 | 1,082 |
| Canterbury Girls High School, Canterbury | Government | Secondary | 0.6 km | 722 | 1,059 |
| Canterbury Boys High School, Canterbury | Government | Secondary | 0.7 km | 422 | 1,018 |
| St Paul of the Cross Catholic Primary School, Dulwich Hill | Catholic | Primary | 0.8 km | 118 | 1,094 |
| Yeo Park Infants School, Ashfield | Government | Primary | 0.8 km | 48 | 1,144 |
| Dulwich Hill Public School, Dulwich Hill | Government | Primary | 1.2 km | 358 | 1,099 |
| Trinity Grammar School, Summer Hill | Independent | Combined | 1.3 km | 2,296 | 1,168 |
| St Maroun's College, Marrickville | Independent | Combined | 1.5 km | 567 | 1,051 |
| Canterbury South Public School, Canterbury | Government | Primary | 1.5 km | 269 | 1,038 |
| Ashbury Public School, Ashbury | Government | Primary | 1.5 km | 356 | 1,111 |
| Marrickville West Public School, Marrickville | Government | Primary | 1.6 km | 411 | 1,070 |
| Dulwich High School of Visual Arts and Design, Dulwich Hill | Government | Secondary | 1.6 km | 804 | 1,092 |
| Summer Hill Public School, Summer Hill | Government | Primary | 1.7 km | 662 | 1,167 |
| Undercliffe Public School, Earlwood | Government | Primary | 1.8 km | 152 | 1,092 |
| St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Summer Hill | Catholic | Primary | 1.9 km | 163 | 1,136 |
| Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School, Earlwood | Catholic | Primary | 1.9 km | 374 | 1,110 |
| St Francis Xavier Catholic School Ashbury, Croydon Park | Catholic | Primary | 2.0 km | 378 | 1,102 |
| Casimir Catholic College, Marrickville | Catholic | Secondary | 2.1 km | 827 | 1,052 |
| St Mel's Catholic Primary School, Campsie | Catholic | Primary | 2.1 km | 345 | 1,056 |
| Christian Brothers' High School Lewisham, Lewisham | Independent | Combined | 2.1 km | 1,231 | 1,074 |
| Lewisham Public School, Lewisham | Government | Primary | 2.1 km | 198 | 1,121 |
| Earlwood Public School, Earlwood | Government | Primary | 2.2 km | 600 | 1,107 |
| Campsie Public School, Campsie | Government | Primary | 2.2 km | 515 | 1,016 |
| St Brigid's Catholic Primary School, Marrickville | Catholic | Primary | 2.2 km | 372 | 1,072 |
| Ashfield Public School, Ashfield | Government | Primary | 2.3 km | 474 | 1,096 |
| Ashfield Boys High School, Ashfield | Government | Secondary | 2.3 km | 751 | 1,074 |
| Ferncourt Public School, Marrickville | Government | Primary | 2.5 km | 285 | 1,125 |
| Croydon Park Public School, Croydon Park | Government | Primary | 2.5 km | 325 | 1,077 |
| Petersham Public School, Petersham | Government | Primary | 2.6 km | 232 | 1,137 |
| Marrickville High School, Marrickville | Government | Secondary | 2.6 km | 625 | 1,052 |
| Bardwell Park Infants School, Bardwell Park | Government | Primary | 2.6 km | 33 | 1,088 |
| NSW School of Languages, Petersham | Government | Secondary | 2.7 km | — | — |
| Eileen O'Connor Catholic College, Lewisham | Catholic | Combined | 2.7 km | 74 | 1,052 |
| The John Berne School, Lewisham | Independent | Secondary | 2.7 km | 45 | 1,038 |
| St Vincent's College Ashfield, Ashfield | Catholic | Combined | 2.7 km | 1,092 | 1,043 |
| Wilkins Public School, Marrickville | Government | Primary | 2.7 km | 508 | 1,135 |
| Arncliffe West Infants School, Arncliffe | Government | Primary | 2.9 km | 86 | 1,058 |
| Clemton Park Public School, Earlwood | Government | Primary | 2.9 km | 500 | 1,038 |
| Wangee Park School, Campsie | Government | Combined | 3.0 km | 51 | 1,011 |
| Harcourt Public School, Campsie | Government | Primary | 3.0 km | 373 | 1,033 |
| Kingdom Culture Christian School, Arncliffe | Independent | Combined | 3.1 km | 196 | 1,082 |
| Kegworth Public School, Leichhardt | Government | Primary | 3.1 km | 252 | 1,117 |
| Fort Street High School, Petersham | Government | Secondary | 3.1 km | 917 | 1,176 |
| Marrickville Public School, Marrickville | Government | Primary | 3.2 km | 213 | 1,090 |
| Tempe High School, Tempe | Government | Secondary | 3.2 km | 985 | 1,096 |
| Athelstane Public School, Arncliffe | Government | Primary | 3.2 km | 277 | 1,003 |
| Al Zahra College, Arncliffe | Independent | Combined | 3.2 km | 773 | 1,032 |
| Tempe Public School, Tempe | Government | Primary | 3.2 km | 346 | 1,096 |
| Presbyterian Ladies' College Sydney, Croydon | Independent | Combined | 3.3 km | 1,495 | 1,160 |
| Haberfield Public School, Haberfield | Government | Primary | 3.4 km | 542 | 1,125 |
| Newington College, Stanmore | Independent | Secondary | 3.5 km | 2,072 | 1,182 |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Enfield | Catholic | Primary | 3.5 km | 399 | 1,083 |
| Bexley North Public School, Bexley | Government | Primary | 3.5 km | 340 | 1,071 |
| Taverners Hill Infants School, Petersham | Government | Primary | 3.5 km | 20 | 1,129 |
| St Joan of Arc Catholic Primary School, Haberfield | Catholic | Primary | 3.6 km | 110 | 1,083 |
| Croydon Public School, Croydon | Government | Primary | 3.6 km | 576 | 1,119 |
| All Saints Grammar, Belmore | Independent | Secondary | 3.8 km | 646 | 1,077 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Hurlstone Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11970/hurlstone-park/topic/education