43.5% —
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Spring Hill · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Spring Hill
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Spring Hill (Orange - NSW) finished high school than the national average, with only 43.5% completing Year 12. This gap is a key feature of the area's education profile, where most adults hold a trade certificate rather than a university degree.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
The 43.5% who finished Year 12 is far below the New South Wales and Australian figures, which both sit around 59%. About 31% of residents left school after Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Spring Hill, the largest group is Year 12 at 49%, followed by Year 10 (35%) and Year 9 or below (9%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 16.2% of the population, which is far below the state and national figures. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 38% of adults.
16.2% —
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
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 Spring Hill, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 50%, followed by Bachelor degree (20%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (17%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in Spring Hill are spread across several fields, led by management and commerce at 16.3% and engineering at 16%. Other common areas of study include society and culture and health.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has more schools per child than most similar places, with three primary schools within 3km. These government-run schools are smaller than average but have higher advantage scores.
7.75
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
3
Higher than 67% 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).
111
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,023
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Spring Hill
3 schools — 332 students, average ICSEA 1,023.
By sector: Government 3
By type: Primary 3
| Spring Hill Public School, Spring Hill | Government | Primary | 0.6 km | 57 | 969 |
| Spring Terrace Public School, Spring Terrace | Government | Primary | 4.7 km | 40 | 927 |
| Millthorpe Public School, Millthorpe | Government | Primary | 6.0 km | 235 | 1,053 |
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Spring Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13631/spring-hill/topic/education