51.2% ▲ +26.2%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 40.6%
- 2016: 47.7%
- 2021: 51.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Mount Pritchard · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Mount Pritchard
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
About half of all residents in Mount Pritchard have finished Year 12, though this is well below the national figure. While many people hold trade certificates, very few adults have a university degree compared to the rest of the state. This creates a profile of a community with strong practical skills but lower levels of formal higher education.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Just over half of residents (51.2%) completed Year 12, which is higher than most similar areas but well below the New South Wales average. Other common stopping points were Year 10 (17.3%) and Year 9 or below (18.4%).
Highest year of school
View on map →In Mount Pritchard, Year 12 is the majority at 56%; Year 9 or below is next at 20%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 12.3% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far below the Australian average. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 27.5% of the population.
12.3% ▲ +66.9%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 12.3%
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 Mount Pritchard, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 37%, followed by Bachelor degree (29%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (22%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Those with qualifications most commonly studied management and commerce (18.7%) or engineering and related fields (14.3%). Society and culture was the next most common field at 10.4%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Mount Pritchard has very large schools on average compared to other areas, though there are much fewer schools per child. Most students attend government schools (78%), with primary schools making up 66% of the local options.
1.45
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
50
Higher than 92% 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).
586
Higher than 82% 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 Mount Pritchard
50 schools — 28,694 students, average ICSEA 969.
By sector: Government 39 · Catholic 7 · Independent 4
By type: Primary 33 · Secondary 10 · Combined 7
| Mount Pritchard Public School, Mount Pritchard | Government | Primary | 0.5 km | 368 | 951 |
| Mount Pritchard East Public School, Mount Pritchard | Government | Primary | 1.0 km | 214 | 943 |
| Les Powell School, Mount Pritchard | Government | Combined | 1.0 km | 76 | 956 |
| Heckenberg Public School, Heckenberg | Government | Primary | 1.1 km | 209 | 848 |
| Our Lady of Mt Carmel Catholic Primary School Mount Pritchard, Bonnyrigg | Catholic | Primary | 1.2 km | 819 | 1,053 |
| Bonnyrigg High School, Bonnyrigg | Government | Secondary | 1.3 km | 1,642 | 962 |
| Ashcroft Public School, Ashcroft | Government | Primary | 1.4 km | 284 | 887 |
| Sadleir Public School, Sadleir | Government | Primary | 1.6 km | 351 | 883 |
| Marsden Road Public School, Liverpool | Government | Primary | 1.7 km | 726 | 977 |
| Ashcroft High School, Ashcroft | Government | Secondary | 1.8 km | 701 | 877 |
| St Johns Park Public School, St Johns Park | Government | Primary | 1.9 km | 673 | 1,023 |
| Harrington Street Public School, Cabramatta | Government | Primary | 1.9 km | 740 | 1,000 |
| Busby Public School, Busby | Government | Primary | 2.0 km | 243 | 892 |
| Bonnyrigg Public School, Bonnyrigg | Government | Primary | 2.2 km | 238 | 900 |
| Cabramatta West Public School, Cabramatta | Government | Primary | 2.2 km | 477 | 950 |
| St Therese Catholic Primary School, Miller | Catholic | Primary | 2.2 km | 315 | 1,003 |
| Busby West Public School, Green Valley | Government | Primary | 2.5 km | 304 | 895 |
| Mainsbridge School, Liverpool | Government | Combined | 2.5 km | 125 | 949 |
| Cartwright Public School, Cartwright | Government | Primary | 2.5 km | 241 | 920 |
| Cabramatta High School, Cabramatta | Government | Secondary | 2.6 km | 1,624 | 934 |
| Liverpool West Public School, Liverpool | Government | Primary | 2.6 km | 668 | 920 |
| James Busby High School, Green Valley | Government | Secondary | 2.6 km | 544 | 902 |
| Warwick Farm Public School, Warwick Farm | Government | Primary | 2.7 km | 219 | 951 |
| Miller High School, Miller | Government | Secondary | 2.8 km | 816 | 878 |
| All Saints Catholic College, Liverpool | Catholic | Combined | 2.9 km | 2,138 | 1,038 |
| Canley Heights Public School, Canley Heights | Government | Primary | 2.9 km | 529 | 935 |
| King Park Public School, St Johns Park | Government | Primary | 2.9 km | 396 | 985 |
| Miller Public School, Miller | Government | Primary | 2.9 km | 266 | 880 |
| Green Valley Public School, Green Valley | Government | Primary | 3.0 km | 365 | 973 |
| Liverpool Public School, Liverpool | Government | Primary | 3.1 km | 562 | 960 |
| Liverpool Boys High School, Liverpool | Government | Secondary | 3.2 km | 555 | 925 |
| Liverpool Girls High School, Liverpool | Government | Secondary | 3.2 km | 704 | 941 |
| Lawrence Hargrave School, Warwick Farm | Government | Secondary | 3.2 km | 59 | 862 |
| St Francis Xavier's Catholic Primary School, Lurnea | Catholic | Primary | 3.2 km | 400 | 1,062 |
| Minarah College, Green Valley | Independent | Combined | 3.2 km | 1,129 | 1,014 |
| Lurnea Public School, Lurnea | Government | Primary | 3.2 km | 440 | 906 |
| Liverpool Hospital School, Liverpool | Government | Combined | 3.2 km | — | — |
| Gulyangarri Public School, Liverpool | Government | Primary | 3.2 km | 267 | 959 |
| Edensor Park Public School, Edensor Park | Government | Primary | 3.4 km | 286 | 963 |
| Al Amanah College, Liverpool | Independent | Combined | 3.4 km | 939 | 1,012 |
| Bonnyrigg Heights Public School, Bonnyrigg Heights | Government | Primary | 3.5 km | 769 | 989 |
| St Johns Park High School, St Johns Park | Government | Secondary | 3.6 km | 923 | 927 |
| Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School Cabramatta, Cabramatta | Catholic | Primary | 3.6 km | 622 | 1,012 |
| St Hurmizd Assyrian Primary School, Greenfield Park | Independent | Primary | 3.8 km | 691 | 954 |
| Canley Vale Public School, Canley Vale | Government | Primary | 3.9 km | 752 | 973 |
| John the Baptist Catholic Primary School, Bonnyrigg Heights | Catholic | Primary | 3.9 km | 843 | 1,059 |
| Cabramatta Public School, Cabramatta | Government | Primary | 4.0 km | 435 | 950 |
| Hinchinbrook Public School, Hinchinbrook | Government | Primary | 4.0 km | 487 | 959 |
| Freeman Catholic College, Bonnyrigg Heights | Catholic | Secondary | 4.0 km | 1,411 | 1,038 |
| Pal Buddhist School, Canley Vale | Independent | Combined | 4.4 km | 109 | 1,032 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Mount Pritchard [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12796/mount-pritchard/topic/education