50.0% —
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 40.0%
- 2021: 50.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Palmwoods · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Palmwoods
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A sharp contrast defines Palmwoods (NSW), where the rate of people finishing Year 12 is well below the national figure, yet university qualifications are much higher than in most similar areas. While only half of residents completed Year 12, nearly 28% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Half of the population finished Year 12, which is higher than most similar areas but remains well below the state and national figures. This is the most common highest year of schooling, followed by 19% who finished Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Palmwoods, Year 12 is the majority at 67%; Year 10 is next at 26%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 28.1% of the population, which is much higher than most similar areas and a little above the Australian average. The most common high-level qualification is a bachelor degree at 31%.
28.1% —
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 28.1%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Palmwoods splits fairly evenly between Bachelor degree (42%) and Certificate III / IV (39%), with Postgraduate degree at 10%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in Palmwoods are most often in society and culture (23.8%) or creative arts (16.7%). Other common fields include food, hospitality and personal services at 11.9% and education at 9.5%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one government primary school within 3km of the area, which is larger than about 59% of similar areas. This school is much smaller than most others, with an average size of 88 students.
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).
88
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,016
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Palmwoods
1 school — 88 students, average ICSEA 1,016.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Main Arm Upper Public School, Upper Main Arm | Government | Primary | 1.8 km | 88 | 1,016 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Palmwoods [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13150/palmwoods/topic/education