20.2% ▼ -27.6%
Lower than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.9%
- 2016: 19.6%
- 2021: 20.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Pooncarie · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Pooncarie
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Pooncarie have finished high school or university compared to most similar areas. Only 20.2% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This creates a distinct educational profile for the small community.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Completion rates are among the lowest for Year 12 at 20.2%, which is 39 percentage points lower than the state and national averages. The most common highest school year reached is Year 10, at 22.9%.
Highest year of school
View on map →Pooncarie splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (35%) and Year 12 (31%), with Year 9 or below at 17%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are rare here, with only 2.7% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the New South Wales figure of 27.8%, while Certificate III or IV qualifications are more common at 35.9%.
2.7% ▼ -58.9%
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.5%
- 2016: 2.1%
- 2021: 2.7%
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 Pooncarie, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 72%; Certificate I / II is next at 13%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in the area are led by Engineering and related fields at 17.2%. Agriculture and environment and Management and commerce are also common, each at 7.8%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has a very small government primary school with an average size of just 8 students. This school has a much lower advantage score than most other areas, though there are more schools per 1,000 children than in many similar places.
34.48
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
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).
8
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
937
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Pooncarie
1 school — 8 students, average ICSEA 937.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Pooncarie Public School, Pooncarie | Government | Primary | 12.4 km | 8 | 937 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Pooncarie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13254/pooncarie/topic/education