33.4% ▲ +37.4%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2016: 29.5%
- 2021: 33.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Pillar Valley · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Pillar Valley
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
More than a third of people in Pillar Valley have a Certificate III or IV as their highest qualification. This is a place where formal schooling levels are far below the national average, with only 33.4% of residents completing Year 12.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 33.4% of people here completed Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales and Australian figures of around 59%. The most common highest year of school finished is Year 10 at 35.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →Pillar Valley splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (41%) and Year 12 (39%), with Year 9 or below at 16%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 14.1% of the population, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. This is around the middle for similar areas.
14.1% ▲ +103.4%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 14.1%
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 Pillar Valley, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 49%, followed by Bachelor degree (17%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (17%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common qualifications are in Engineering, Society and Culture (both 13.9%), followed by Management and Commerce at 12.8%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one government primary school, which is much smaller than most areas with a typical size of 32 students. This school has an advantage score of 869, among the lowest at this 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).
32
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
869
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Pillar Valley
1 school — 32 students, average ICSEA 869.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Tucabia Public School, Tucabia | Government | Primary | 5.7 km | 32 | 869 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Pillar Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13216/pillar-valley/topic/education