44.7% ▼ -9.4%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 49.4%
- 2016: 45.8%
- 2021: 44.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Parklea · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Parklea
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Higher qualification rates than most similar areas define Parklea, where nearly a quarter of adults hold a university degree. However, the area lags significantly behind the state and national figures for those who finished high school.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 44.7% of residents have completed Year 12, which is far below the 58.8% national figure and the New South Wales average.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Parklea, Year 12 is the majority at 80%; Year 10 is next at 11%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
A bachelor degree or higher is held by 24.3% of adults, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas despite being a little below the Australian average.
24.3% ▲ +13.5%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.4%
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 24.3%
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 Parklea, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 44%, followed by Postgraduate degree (20%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (16%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common qualifications are in management and commerce at 13.7%, followed by engineering and related fields at 6.7%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Local schools have a much higher advantage score than most areas, with 25 schools within 3 km and an average size of 868 students.
25
Higher than 87% 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).
868
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,096
Higher 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 Parklea
25 schools — 21,710 students, average ICSEA 1,096.
By sector: Government 18 · Catholic 7
By type: Primary 17 · Secondary 7 · Combined 1
| Quakers Hill East Public School, Acacia Gardens | Government | Primary | 0.9 km | 655 | 1,101 |
| Holy Cross Primary School, Glenwood | Catholic | Primary | 1.3 km | 386 | 1,119 |
| Mary Immaculate Primary School, Quakers Hill | Catholic | Primary | 1.4 km | 598 | 1,098 |
| Caddies Creek Public School, Glenwood | Government | Primary | 1.5 km | 868 | 1,120 |
| Barnier Public School, Quakers Hill | Government | Primary | 1.5 km | 788 | 1,078 |
| Parklea Public School, Glenwood | Government | Primary | 1.6 km | 566 | 1,083 |
| John Palmer Public School, The Ponds | Government | Primary | 1.9 km | 950 | 1,125 |
| Quakers Hill High School, Quakers Hill | Government | Secondary | 2.0 km | 925 | 1,025 |
| Glenwood High School, Glenwood | Government | Secondary | 2.1 km | 1,507 | 1,090 |
| Kings Langley Public School, Kings Langley | Government | Primary | 2.3 km | 567 | 1,081 |
| Kellyville Ridge Public School, Kellyville Ridge | Government | Primary | 2.4 km | 671 | 1,107 |
| St John XXIII Catholic College (Secondary), Stanhope Gardens | Catholic | Secondary | 2.4 km | 1,166 | 1,097 |
| St John XXIII Catholic College (Primary), Stanhope Gardens | Catholic | Primary | 2.5 km | 799 | 1,112 |
| Marayong Heights Public School, Marayong | Government | Primary | 2.7 km | 283 | 975 |
| Riverbank Public School, The Ponds | Government | Primary | 2.9 km | 2,030 | 1,141 |
| Hambledon Public School, Quakers Hill | Government | Primary | 2.9 km | 633 | 1,072 |
| The Ponds School, The Ponds | Government | Combined | 3.1 km | 120 | 1,038 |
| The Ponds High School, The Ponds | Government | Secondary | 3.1 km | 2,321 | 1,118 |
| St John Paul II Catholic College (Schofields), Schofields | Catholic | Secondary | 3.2 km | 1,159 | 1,074 |
| Quakers Hill Public School, Quakers Hill | Government | Primary | 3.3 km | 962 | 1,097 |
| Lynwood Park Public School, Blacktown | Government | Primary | 3.4 km | 223 | 988 |
| Bella Vista Public School, Bella Vista | Government | Primary | 3.4 km | 1,104 | 1,147 |
| St Andrews College, Marayong | Catholic | Secondary | 3.4 km | 1,327 | 1,059 |
| St Joseph's Primary School, Schofields | Catholic | Primary | 3.4 km | 724 | 1,108 |
| Wyndham College, Quakers Hill | Government | Secondary | 3.5 km | 378 | 1,003 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Parklea [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13164/parklea/topic/education