68.5% ▲ +16.6%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.8%
- 2016: 64.1%
- 2021: 68.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Quakers Hill · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Quakers Hill
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Nearly 69% of residents in Quakers Hill have finished Year 12, which is well above the national figure. This high level of schooling is matched by a strong number of university degrees. It is an area where education levels are much higher than in most similar places.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Finishing Year 12 is common here, with 68.5% of people reaching this milestone. This is well above the 58.9% seen across New South Wales.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Quakers Hill, Year 12 is the majority at 72%; Year 10 is next at 17%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are also frequent, as 33.3% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. This is well above the Australian average of 26.3%.
33.3% ▲ +47.8%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.5%
- 2016: 26.8%
- 2021: 33.3%
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 Quakers Hill, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 37%, followed by Certificate III / IV (24%) and Postgraduate degree (17%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are management and commerce at 24.8%, followed by engineering and related fields at 14.5%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Local schools are among the largest in the region with an average size of 707 students. While there are 50 schools within 3km, there are among the lowest number of schools per 1,000 children.
0.79
Lower than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
50
Higher than 92% 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).
707
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,064
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Quakers Hill
50 schools — 35,326 students, average ICSEA 1,064.
By sector: Government 36 · Catholic 11 · Independent 3
By type: Primary 33 · Secondary 12 · Combined 5
| Quakers Hill High School, Quakers Hill | Government | Secondary | 0.6 km | 925 | 1,025 |
| Wyndham College, Quakers Hill | Government | Secondary | 1.0 km | 378 | 1,003 |
| Quakers Hill Public School, Quakers Hill | Government | Primary | 1.1 km | 962 | 1,097 |
| Hambledon Public School, Quakers Hill | Government | Primary | 1.4 km | 633 | 1,072 |
| Barnier Public School, Quakers Hill | Government | Primary | 1.4 km | 788 | 1,078 |
| Mary Immaculate Primary School, Quakers Hill | Catholic | Primary | 1.5 km | 598 | 1,098 |
| St Andrews College, Marayong | Catholic | Secondary | 1.6 km | 1,327 | 1,059 |
| Marayong Heights Public School, Marayong | Government | Primary | 1.7 km | 283 | 975 |
| Nirimba Fields Public School, Nirimba Fields | Government | Primary | 2.2 km | 210 | 1,126 |
| St Andrews Primary School, Marayong | Catholic | Primary | 2.3 km | 796 | 1,074 |
| Quakers Hill East Public School, Acacia Gardens | Government | Primary | 2.3 km | 655 | 1,101 |
| St John Paul II Catholic College (Schofields), Schofields | Catholic | Secondary | 2.6 km | 1,159 | 1,074 |
| St Joseph's Primary School, Schofields | Catholic | Primary | 2.6 km | 724 | 1,108 |
| The Ponds High School, The Ponds | Government | Secondary | 2.9 km | 2,321 | 1,118 |
| Riverbank Public School, The Ponds | Government | Primary | 2.9 km | 2,030 | 1,141 |
| John Palmer Public School, The Ponds | Government | Primary | 2.9 km | 950 | 1,125 |
| William Dean Public School, Dean Park | Government | Primary | 3.0 km | 382 | 995 |
| Marayong Public School, Blacktown | Government | Primary | 3.2 km | 557 | 981 |
| Galungara Public School, Schofields | Government | Primary | 3.2 km | 882 | 1,106 |
| Doonside High School, Doonside | Government | Secondary | 3.3 km | 715 | 917 |
| Holy Cross Primary School, Glenwood | Catholic | Primary | 3.3 km | 386 | 1,119 |
| Caddies Creek Public School, Glenwood | Government | Primary | 3.5 km | 868 | 1,120 |
| Crawford Public School, Doonside | Government | Primary | 3.5 km | 387 | 914 |
| Marayong South Public School, Blacktown | Government | Primary | 3.5 km | 286 | 1,010 |
| St Francis of Assisi Primary School, Glendenning | Catholic | Primary | 3.6 km | 480 | 1,044 |
| Kings Langley Public School, Kings Langley | Government | Primary | 3.7 km | 567 | 1,081 |
| Glendenning Public School, Glendenning | Government | Primary | 3.8 km | 440 | 1,025 |
| St John Vianney's Primary School, Doonside | Catholic | Primary | 3.8 km | 348 | 1,083 |
| The Ponds School, The Ponds | Government | Combined | 4.0 km | 120 | 1,038 |
| Blacktown North Public School, Blacktown | Government | Primary | 4.0 km | 354 | 1,042 |
| Kellyville Ridge Public School, Kellyville Ridge | Government | Primary | 4.2 km | 671 | 1,107 |
| Parklea Public School, Glenwood | Government | Primary | 4.2 km | 566 | 1,083 |
| Schofields Public School, Schofields | Government | Primary | 4.2 km | 1,119 | 1,086 |
| Blacktown Girls High School, Blacktown | Government | Secondary | 4.2 km | 1,080 | 1,046 |
| Blacktown Boys High School, Blacktown | Government | Secondary | 4.3 km | 898 | 1,053 |
| St John XXIII Catholic College (Primary), Stanhope Gardens | Catholic | Primary | 4.4 km | 799 | 1,112 |
| Doonside Public School, Doonside | Government | Primary | 4.4 km | 258 | 900 |
| Glenwood High School, Glenwood | Government | Secondary | 4.4 km | 1,507 | 1,090 |
| St John XXIII Catholic College (Secondary), Stanhope Gardens | Catholic | Secondary | 4.4 km | 1,166 | 1,097 |
| Lynwood Park Public School, Blacktown | Government | Primary | 4.4 km | 223 | 988 |
| St Clare's Catholic High School, Hassall Grove | Catholic | Secondary | 4.6 km | 618 | 963 |
| Blacktown West Public School, Blacktown | Government | Primary | 4.7 km | 443 | 992 |
| Tallawong Public School, Rouse Hill | Government | Primary | 4.7 km | 121 | 1,083 |
| Mountain View Adventist College, Doonside | Independent | Combined | 4.8 km | 592 | 1,041 |
| Hassall Grove Public School, Hassall Grove | Government | Primary | 4.8 km | 623 | 959 |
| Plumpton House School, Plumpton | Government | Combined | 5.2 km | 30 | 827 |
| Plumpton Public School, Plumpton | Government | Primary | 5.3 km | 504 | 981 |
| Richard Johnson Anglican College, Oakhurst | Independent | Combined | 5.3 km | 1,028 | 1,072 |
| Plumpton High School, Plumpton | Government | Secondary | 5.5 km | 1,182 | 966 |
| Western Grammar School, Plumpton | Independent | Combined | 5.5 km | 387 | 1,073 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Quakers Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13299/quakers-hill/topic/education