36.6% —
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.7%
- 2021: 36.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Summer Hill · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Summer Hill
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer people in Summer Hill (Dungog - NSW) have finished high school than in most other areas. While 18.4% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, this is well below the national figure. The local education landscape is shaped by a small, government-run primary school.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 36.6% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. The most common highest year of schooling reached here is Year 10 at 40.9%.
Highest year of school
View on map →Summer Hill splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (44%) and Year 12 (39%), with Year 9 or below at 9%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
A bachelor degree or higher is held by 18.4% of adults, a rate higher than most similar areas but still well below the Australian average of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 33.3% of people.
18.4% —
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 18.4%
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 Summer Hill, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 43%, followed by Bachelor degree (30%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (19%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in this area are spread across several fields, with Engineering and related studies being the most common at 18.3%. Agriculture, environment, management, and commerce each account for 15.0% of qualifications.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one government primary school, which is much smaller than those in most other areas. This school also has an average advantage score of 936, which is much lower than most other areas.
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).
53
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
936
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Summer Hill
1 school — 53 students, average ICSEA 936.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Gresford Public School, Gresford | Government | Primary | 7.9 km | 53 | 936 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Summer Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13701/summer-hill/topic/education