34.4% —
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 46.7%
- 2021: 34.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Hyndmans Creek · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Hyndmans Creek
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people have finished high school in Hyndmans Creek compared to most similar areas. Only 34.4% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This trend of lower educational attainment is seen across both school and university levels.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
A small number of people finished high school here, with the Year 12 completion rate sitting 25 points below the New South Wales average. Instead, the most common highest year of schooling is Year 10, reached by 37.5% of residents.
Highest year of school
View on map →Hyndmans Creek splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (35%) and Year 12 (32%), with Year 9 or below at 32%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is less common in this area, where only 9.1% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the 26.3% typical across Australia.
9.1% —
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 9.1%
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 Hyndmans Creek, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 50%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (33%) and Bachelor degree (17%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Food, hospitality & personal services at 29%, ahead of Engineering & related (24%).
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one government primary school within 3km, though it is small with an average of 22 students. This school also has one of the lowest advantage scores among similar 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).
22
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
838
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Hyndmans Creek
1 school — 22 students, average ICSEA 838.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Huntingdon Public School, Wauchope | Government | Primary | 5.5 km | 22 | 838 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Hyndmans Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11977/hyndmans-creek/topic/education