40.5% ▲ +39.5%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.1%
- 2016: 38.1%
- 2021: 40.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Junction Hill · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Junction Hill
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Education levels in Junction Hill have remained steady, though they sit well below state and national benchmarks. Only 40.5% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. This suggests a community where many people leave school early to enter the workforce.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion rates are far below the national average of 58.8%. While 40.5% of people finished high school, about 35.7% of residents stopped at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Junction Hill, the largest group is Year 12 at 43%, followed by Year 10 (38%) and Year 9 or below (13%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
About 15% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 27.8%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 37.4% of residents.
15.0% ▲ +49.9%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 15.0%
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 Junction Hill, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 46%, followed by Bachelor degree (22%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (20%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across various fields, with management and commerce being the most common at 21.1%. Engineering and health also feature strongly, each held by around 13% of the qualified population.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Two primary schools serve the area, split evenly between government and Catholic sectors. The average school advantage score of 969 is lower than most similar areas.
2
Higher than 62% 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).
363
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
969
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Junction Hill
2 schools — 726 students, average ICSEA 969.
By sector: Government 1 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 2
| Westlawn Public School, Grafton | Government | Primary | 3.8 km | 467 | 940 |
| St Mary's Primary School, Grafton | Catholic | Primary | 4.1 km | 259 | 1,020 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Junction Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12053/junction-hill/topic/education