45.0% ▲ +21.5%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.0%
- 2016: 40.4%
- 2021: 45.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Piambong · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Piambong
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common achievement in Piambong, held by 37.2% of adults. This is a place where school and university completion rates are far below the state and national figures, reflecting a focus on vocational training over higher degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 45% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. This standing is around the middle for similar areas, though 31% of people left school after Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Piambong, Year 12 is the majority at 50%; Year 10 is next at 35%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The proportion of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is 15.9%, which is far below the Australian average of 26.3%. This is a typical result for areas of this level.
15.9% ▲ +26.4%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 15.9%
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 Piambong, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 53%; Bachelor degree is next at 26%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in Piambong are most often in Engineering and related fields at 20.2%, followed by Society and Culture at 13.8% and Management and Commerce at 12.8%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of the area, making it smaller than about 59% of similar areas.
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Lower than 99% 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).
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Piambong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13209/piambong/topic/education