33.3% —
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 36.4%
- 2021: 33.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Pipeclay · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Pipeclay
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Nearly half of adults in Pipeclay hold a Certificate III or IV as their highest qualification. While many residents have trade certificates, only 33.3% of people have completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
The proportion of people who finished Year 12 is far below the New South Wales and Australian figures. The most common highest year of school reached is Year 10, at 39.5%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Pipeclay, the largest group is Year 10 at 40%, followed by Year 12 (33%) and Year 9 or below (17%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
About 14.5% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the state and national levels. This puts the area around the middle when compared to similar places.
14.5% —
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.3%
- 2021: 14.5%
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 Pipeclay, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 62%; Bachelor degree is next at 29%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in Pipeclay are most often in management and commerce (25.9%) or engineering and related fields (24.1%). Architecture and building is another common field at 18.5%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one primary government school within 3 km, which is larger than about 59% of similar areas. This school is quite small, with an average size of 36 students, and has one of the lowest advantage scores at 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).
36
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
887
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Pipeclay
1 school — 36 students, average ICSEA 887.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Long Flat Public School, Long Flat | Government | Primary | 7.3 km | 36 | 887 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Pipeclay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13236/pipeclay/topic/education