37.8% ▲ +27.7%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.6%
- 2016: 33.0%
- 2021: 37.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Parkes · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Parkes
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common achievement for adults in Parkes, held by 41.4% of the population. The area generally has lower levels of formal schooling and higher education than both the state and the national figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 37.8% of residents have completed Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. This is lower than most other similar areas.
Highest year of school
View on map →Parkes splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (41%) and Year 10 (37%), with Year 9 or below at 15%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
A bachelor degree or higher is held by 11.6% of adults, which is far below the national figure of 26.3% and lower than most areas.
11.6% ▲ +36.9%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 11.6%
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 Parkes, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 53%; Bachelor degree is next at 20%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification are Engineering and related subjects at 18.4%, followed by Management and commerce at 16.7%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Parkes has six schools within 3 km, which is more than about 77% of similar areas. However, the average school advantage score is 937, which is much lower than most areas.
2.57
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
6
Higher than 74% 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).
310
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
937
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Parkes
6 schools — 1,857 students, average ICSEA 937.
By sector: Government 4 · Catholic 1 · Independent 1
By type: Primary 4 · Secondary 1 · Combined 1
| Parkes East Public School, Parkes | Government | Primary | 6.4 km | 281 | 949 |
| Parkes High School, Parkes | Government | Secondary | 7.4 km | 467 | 894 |
| Parkes Public School, Parkes | Government | Primary | 7.6 km | 363 | 896 |
| Holy Family Parish School, Parkes | Catholic | Primary | 7.6 km | 171 | 988 |
| Middleton Public School, Parkes | Government | Primary | 8.4 km | 173 | 891 |
| Parkes Christian School, Parkes | Independent | Combined | 9.6 km | 402 | 1,014 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Parkes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13162/parkes/topic/education