79.7% ▲ +15.1%
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 69.3%
- 2016: 74.3%
- 2021: 79.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Thornleigh · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Thornleigh
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Nearly half of all adults in Thornleigh hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far above the national figure. This is a highly educated area where school completion rates and university degrees are both among the highest seen in similar places.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Schooling levels are very high here, with 79.7% of residents finishing Year 12. This is far above the 58.8% national average.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Thornleigh, Year 12 is the majority at 82%; Year 10 is next at 11%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The area is strongly qualified, as 46% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher. This is far above the New South Wales figure of 27.8%.
46.0% ▲ +29.0%
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.6%
- 2016: 39.8%
- 2021: 46.0%
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 Thornleigh, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 43%, followed by Postgraduate degree (21%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (16%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are management and commerce at 24.8%, followed by engineering at 13.6% and society and culture at 12.4%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Thornleigh has some of the largest schools in the region, with an average size of 787 students. While there are 34 schools within 3km, there are much fewer schools per 1,000 children than in most areas.
1.07
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
34
Higher than 89% 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).
787
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,160
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Thornleigh
34 schools — 26,768 students, average ICSEA 1,160.
By sector: Government 20 · Independent 10 · Catholic 4
By type: Primary 19 · Secondary 8 · Combined 7
| Normanhurst West Public School, Thornleigh | Government | Primary | 0.6 km | 363 | 1,136 |
| Thornleigh West Public School, Thornleigh | Government | Primary | 0.9 km | 477 | 1,142 |
| Normanhurst Public School, Normanhurst | Government | Primary | 1.6 km | 372 | 1,139 |
| Hornsby South Public School, Hornsby | Government | Primary | 1.6 km | 534 | 1,110 |
| Clarke Road School, Hornsby | Government | Combined | 1.8 km | 61 | 1,063 |
| Loreto Normanhurst, Normanhurst | Independent | Combined | 1.9 km | 1,240 | 1,164 |
| Normanhurst Boys High School, Normanhurst | Government | Secondary | 1.9 km | 752 | 1,207 |
| Pennant Hills Public School, Pennant Hills | Government | Primary | 1.9 km | 490 | 1,143 |
| Barker College, Hornsby | Independent | Secondary | 2.2 km | 2,856 | 1,166 |
| Marri Mittigar School, Hornsby | Independent | Combined | 2.2 km | 28 | 984 |
| Pennant Hills High School, Pennant Hills | Government | Secondary | 2.3 km | 1,131 | 1,109 |
| St Agatha's Catholic Primary School, Pennant Hills | Catholic | Primary | 2.3 km | 217 | 1,147 |
| St Leo's Catholic College, Wahroonga | Catholic | Secondary | 2.4 km | 1,055 | 1,113 |
| Wahroonga Adventist School, Wahroonga | Independent | Combined | 2.4 km | 633 | 1,161 |
| Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Primary School, Waitara | Catholic | Primary | 2.4 km | 337 | 1,153 |
| Blue Gum Community School, Hornsby | Independent | Primary | 2.4 km | 21 | 1,105 |
| Hornsby Girls High School, Hornsby | Government | Secondary | 2.5 km | 722 | 1,209 |
| Abbotsleigh, Wahroonga | Independent | Combined | 2.8 km | 1,634 | 1,217 |
| Mount St Benedict College, Pennant Hills | Independent | Secondary | 2.8 km | 1,331 | 1,147 |
| Arden Anglican School, Beecroft | Independent | Primary | 3.1 km | 997 | 1,173 |
| Waitara Public School, Wahroonga | Government | Primary | 3.2 km | 972 | 1,148 |
| Knox Grammar School, Wahroonga | Independent | Combined | 3.5 km | 3,345 | 1,187 |
| Beecroft Public School, Beecroft | Government | Primary | 3.7 km | 837 | 1,187 |
| St Lucy's School, Wahroonga | Independent | Combined | 3.7 km | 246 | 1,104 |
| Cherrybrook Public School, Cherrybrook | Government | Primary | 3.8 km | 886 | 1,164 |
| Warrawee Public School, Turramurra | Government | Primary | 3.8 km | 622 | 1,170 |
| Prouille Catholic Primary School, Wahroonga | Catholic | Primary | 3.8 km | 262 | 1,156 |
| John Purchase Public School, Cherrybrook | Government | Primary | 3.9 km | 550 | 1,168 |
| Cheltenham Girls High School, Beecroft | Government | Secondary | 3.9 km | 1,436 | 1,142 |
| Asquith Boys High School, Asquith | Government | Secondary | 3.9 km | 542 | 1,045 |
| West Pennant Hills Public School, West Pennant Hills | Government | Primary | 3.9 km | 510 | 1,134 |
| Turramurra Public School, Turramurra | Government | Primary | 4.0 km | 531 | 1,181 |
| Epping North Public School, North Epping | Government | Primary | 4.2 km | 382 | 1,174 |
| Epping Heights Public School, Epping | Government | Primary | 4.5 km | 396 | 1,152 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Thornleigh [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13866/thornleigh/topic/education