43.6% ▲ +29.1%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.7%
- 2016: 34.4%
- 2021: 43.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Piallamore · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Piallamore
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Higher qualification rates than most similar areas define Piallamore, where about one in five adults holds a bachelor degree or higher. While this is more common than in nearby areas, it remains well below the national figure. Around 43.6% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales average.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 43.6% of people here finished Year 12, a figure far below the 58.9% seen across New South Wales. Many residents stopped their formal schooling earlier, with 37.6% reaching Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Piallamore, the largest group is Year 12 at 45%, followed by Year 10 (39%) and Year 9 or below (9%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 20.6% of the population, which is higher than most similar areas. However, this is well below the Australian figure of 26.3%, and Certificates III or IV are the most common qualification at 37.3%.
20.6% ▲ +59.1%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.9%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 20.6%
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 Piallamore, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 41%, followed by Bachelor degree (28%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (21%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in this area are spread across several fields, with management and commerce being the most common at 19.4%. Engineering and education also feature prominently at 14.9% and 13.4% respectively.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one primary school, which is entirely government-run and smaller than most schools in similar areas. This school has an advantage score of 996, placing it around the middle for its level.
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).
193
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
996
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Piallamore
1 school — 193 students, average ICSEA 996.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Nemingha Public School, Nemingha | Government | Primary | 6.9 km | 193 | 996 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Piallamore [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13207/piallamore/topic/education