29.7% ▲ +17.3%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.3%
- 2016: 27.5%
- 2021: 29.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Peak Hill · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Peak Hill
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Peak Hill have completed high school than in most similar areas. Only 29.7% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. This trend extends to higher education, with just 10% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion rates are much lower than most areas, with only 29.7% finishing Year 12. This is 29 points below both the state and national averages, while 18.8% of residents left school in Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →Peak Hill splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (36%) and Year 10 (34%), with Year 9 or below at 23%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 10% of the population, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 27.8%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 30.5% of residents.
10.0% ▲ +58.3%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 10.0%
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 Peak Hill, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 50%, followed by Bachelor degree (26%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (12%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in the area are spread across several fields, with Health (11.6%), Engineering (11.4%), and Management and Commerce (11.2%) being the most common.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has more schools per 1,000 children than most places, though the average school size of 80 is much lower than usual. Local schools are split evenly between government and Catholic sectors.
9.17
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
2
Higher than 62% 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).
80
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
822
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Peak Hill
2 schools — 160 students, average ICSEA 822.
By sector: Government 1 · Catholic 1
By type: Combined 1 · Primary 1
| Peak Hill Central School, Peak Hill | Government | Combined | 12.7 km | 126 | 815 |
| St Joseph's Parish School, Peak Hill | Catholic | Primary | 13.0 km | 34 | 850 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Peak Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13177/peak-hill/topic/education