78.9% ▲ +15.5%
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 68.3%
- 2016: 74.2%
- 2021: 78.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Normanhurst · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Normanhurst
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Higher education is a defining feature of daily life in Normanhurst, where nearly half of all adults hold a university degree. This academic lean is reflected in the community's high school completion rates, which sit far above the national average.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
A far higher proportion of residents finished Year 12 compared to the rest of Australia, with 78.9% completing their secondary schooling. This is 20 points above the New South Wales and national figures.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Normanhurst, Year 12 is the majority at 82%; Year 10 is next at 11%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The area's high academic achievement is clear, as 45.6% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher. This is far above the national figure of 26.3%, with postgraduate degrees held by nearly 20% of adults.
45.6% ▲ +31.8%
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.6%
- 2016: 38.4%
- 2021: 45.6%
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 Normanhurst, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 42%, followed by Postgraduate degree (22%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (15%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in Normanhurst are most common in management and commerce (24.4%), followed by society and culture at 12.5% and engineering at 12.1%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has a high average school advantage score and larger-than-usual schools, though there are fewer schools per 1,000 children than in most areas. Half of the local schools are government run.
2.75
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
30
Higher than 88% 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).
759
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,161
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Normanhurst
30 schools — 22,773 students, average ICSEA 1,161.
By sector: Government 15 · Independent 11 · Catholic 4
By type: Primary 15 · Combined 8 · Secondary 7
| Normanhurst Public School, Normanhurst | Government | Primary | 0.2 km | 372 | 1,139 |
| Loreto Normanhurst, Normanhurst | Independent | Combined | 0.6 km | 1,240 | 1,164 |
| Normanhurst Boys High School, Normanhurst | Government | Secondary | 0.6 km | 752 | 1,207 |
| Normanhurst West Public School, Thornleigh | Government | Primary | 1.0 km | 363 | 1,136 |
| Hornsby South Public School, Hornsby | Government | Primary | 1.1 km | 534 | 1,110 |
| St Leo's Catholic College, Wahroonga | Catholic | Secondary | 1.3 km | 1,055 | 1,113 |
| Clarke Road School, Hornsby | Government | Combined | 1.3 km | 61 | 1,063 |
| Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Primary School, Waitara | Catholic | Primary | 1.4 km | 337 | 1,153 |
| Marri Mittigar School, Hornsby | Independent | Combined | 1.4 km | 28 | 984 |
| Abbotsleigh, Wahroonga | Independent | Combined | 1.5 km | 1,634 | 1,217 |
| Wahroonga Adventist School, Wahroonga | Independent | Combined | 1.5 km | 633 | 1,161 |
| Barker College, Hornsby | Independent | Secondary | 1.6 km | 2,856 | 1,166 |
| Hornsby Girls High School, Hornsby | Government | Secondary | 2.0 km | 722 | 1,209 |
| Knox Grammar School, Wahroonga | Independent | Combined | 2.2 km | 3,345 | 1,187 |
| Thornleigh West Public School, Thornleigh | Government | Primary | 2.2 km | 477 | 1,142 |
| Waitara Public School, Wahroonga | Government | Primary | 2.3 km | 972 | 1,148 |
| St Lucy's School, Wahroonga | Independent | Combined | 2.4 km | 246 | 1,104 |
| Blue Gum Community School, Hornsby | Independent | Primary | 2.4 km | 21 | 1,105 |
| Warrawee Public School, Turramurra | Government | Primary | 2.4 km | 622 | 1,170 |
| Prouille Catholic Primary School, Wahroonga | Catholic | Primary | 2.5 km | 262 | 1,156 |
| Pennant Hills Public School, Pennant Hills | Government | Primary | 2.9 km | 490 | 1,143 |
| Turramurra Public School, Turramurra | Government | Primary | 3.0 km | 531 | 1,181 |
| St Edmund's College, Wahroonga | Independent | Combined | 3.1 km | 112 | 1,107 |
| Wahroonga Public School, Wahroonga | Government | Primary | 3.1 km | 508 | 1,156 |
| St Agatha's Catholic Primary School, Pennant Hills | Catholic | Primary | 3.2 km | 217 | 1,147 |
| Pennant Hills High School, Pennant Hills | Government | Secondary | 3.4 km | 1,131 | 1,109 |
| Asquith Boys High School, Asquith | Government | Secondary | 3.5 km | 542 | 1,045 |
| Epping North Public School, North Epping | Government | Primary | 3.8 km | 382 | 1,174 |
| Mount St Benedict College, Pennant Hills | Independent | Secondary | 3.8 km | 1,331 | 1,147 |
| Arden Anglican School, Beecroft | Independent | Primary | 3.9 km | 997 | 1,173 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Normanhurst [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12986/normanhurst/topic/education