46.2% ▲ +32.2%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.9%
- 2016: 39.7%
- 2021: 46.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Parma · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Parma
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Parma sits around the middle of similar areas for education, though it trails significantly behind state and national figures. Only 15.1% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the New South Wales average of 27.8%. This trend is reflected in school completion rates, which are also much lower than the national typical.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Fewer than half of residents, 46.2%, have completed Year 12, which is far below the 58.8% national figure. About 32.2% of people stopped their schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Parma, the largest group is Year 12 at 48%, followed by Year 10 (34%) and Year 9 or below (11%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Practical qualifications are more common here than degrees, with 29.4% of adults holding a Certificate III or IV. This helps explain why the proportion of people with a bachelor degree or higher is far below the state average.
15.1% ▼ -9.2%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.7%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 15.1%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →In Parma, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 43%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (27%) and Bachelor degree (25%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common areas of study for qualified residents are management and commerce at 22%, followed by engineering at 14.7% and society and culture at 11.9%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has three schools within 3 km, which is more than about 70% of similar areas. These schools are typically very small, with an average size of 73 students, and have a lower advantage score than most areas.
3
Higher than 67% 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).
73
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
955
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Parma
3 schools — 218 students, average ICSEA 955.
By sector: Government 2 · Independent 1
By type: Primary 2 · Combined 1
| Nowra Hill Public School, Nowra | Government | Primary | 4.2 km | 131 | 986 |
| William Campbell College, Nowra Hill | Independent | Combined | 4.5 km | 28 | 881 |
| Falls Creek Public School, Falls Creek | Government | Primary | 4.8 km | 59 | 921 |
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Parma [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13166/parma/topic/education