28.3% ▲ +0.1%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 28.8%
- 2021: 28.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Pallamallawa · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Pallamallawa
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Certificate III and IV are the most common qualifications in Pallamallawa, where 29.1% of adults hold one. This is an area where few people have finished high school or university, with only 28.3% completing Year 12.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 28.3% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. The most common highest year of school completed is Year 10 at 28.5%.
Highest year of school
View on map →Pallamallawa splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (37%) and Year 12 (37%), with Year 9 or below at 19%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 6.6% of the population, which is far below the Australian figure of 26.3%. This is much lower than most similar areas.
6.6% ▼ -18.6%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 6.6%
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 Pallamallawa, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 55%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 21%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in the area are spread across several fields, with Engineering and related studies being the most common at 11.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has 10.99 schools per 1,000 children, which is much higher than most areas. There is one government primary school, which is small with a typical size of 21 students.
10.99
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
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).
21
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
857
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Pallamallawa
1 school — 21 students, average ICSEA 857.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Pallamallawa Public School, Pallamallawa | Government | Primary | 11.0 km | 21 | 857 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Pallamallawa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13142/pallamallawa/topic/education