36.7% —
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 44.0%
- 2021: 36.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Pinnacle Swamp · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Pinnacle Swamp
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people have finished high school in Pinnacle Swamp than in other parts of the country. Only 36.7% of residents completed Year 12, which is a significant gap compared to the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion is much lower than most areas, with 36.7% finishing Year 12. This is far below the New South Wales and Australian figures, which both sit around 59%.
Highest year of school
View on map →Pinnacle Swamp splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (44%) and Year 10 (40%), with Year 9 or below at 16%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is also uncommon here. Only 10% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the national average of 26.3%.
10.0% —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.0%
- 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 Pinnacle Swamp, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 47%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (33%) and Bachelor degree (20%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Engineering & related at 26%, ahead of Health (16%).
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one primary school, which is smaller than most. This government-run school has an advantage score 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).
99
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
989
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Pinnacle Swamp
1 school — 99 students, average ICSEA 989.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Rylstone Public School, Rylstone | Government | Primary | 5.9 km | 99 | 989 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Pinnacle Swamp [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13233/pinnacle-swamp/topic/education