66.8% ▲ +38.9%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 48.1%
- 2016: 56.5%
- 2021: 66.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Tighes Hill · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Tighes Hill
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
More than a third of adults in Tighes Hill hold a university degree, making it a highly qualified place to live. This academic strength is reflected in the schools and the high number of residents who have finished their secondary education.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion is well above the national figure, with 66.8% of residents finishing Year 12. This is much higher than most similar areas and nearly 8 percentage points above the New South Wales average.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Tighes Hill, Year 12 is the majority at 70%; Year 10 is next at 19%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University qualifications are very common here, with 38.9% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far above both the state and national figures, and is among the highest levels seen in similar areas.
38.9% ▲ +62.7%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.9%
- 2016: 28.8%
- 2021: 38.9%
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 Tighes Hill, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 41%, followed by Certificate III / IV (25%) and Postgraduate degree (14%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are management and commerce at 15.4%, followed by society and culture at 13.3% and engineering at 12.2%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Local schools have an average advantage score of 1,075, which is much higher than most areas. There are 35 schools within 3 km, and the typical school size is larger than in most other similar places.
3.31
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
35
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).
408
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,075
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Tighes Hill
35 schools — 14,263 students, average ICSEA 1,075.
By sector: Government 21 · Catholic 9 · Independent 5
By type: Primary 19 · Secondary 10 · Combined 6
| Tighes Hill Public School, Tighes Hill | Government | Primary | 0.1 km | 358 | 1,104 |
| Islington Public School, Islington | Government | Primary | 0.7 km | 159 | 1,090 |
| Mayfield East Public School, Mayfield East | Government | Primary | 1.4 km | 343 | 1,044 |
| San Clemente Catholic College, Mayfield | Catholic | Secondary | 1.4 km | 605 | 1,038 |
| St Columban's Primary School, Mayfield | Catholic | Primary | 1.4 km | 162 | 1,034 |
| St Dominic's Catholic College, Mayfield | Catholic | Combined | 1.5 km | 43 | 966 |
| Carrington Public School, Carrington | Government | Primary | 1.5 km | 110 | 996 |
| Hamilton North Public School, Broadmeadow | Government | Primary | 1.9 km | 123 | 1,030 |
| Hamilton Public School, Hamilton | Government | Primary | 2.0 km | 306 | 1,106 |
| St Laurence Flexible Learning Centre, Broadmeadow | Catholic | Secondary | 2.0 km | 47 | 869 |
| Callaghan College Waratah Campus, Waratah | Government | Secondary | 2.0 km | 848 | 957 |
| St Francis Xavier's College, Hamilton | Catholic | Secondary | 2.2 km | 959 | 1,096 |
| Hunter Christian School, Mayfield | Independent | Combined | 2.2 km | 337 | 1,061 |
| St Philip's Christian College Young Parents, Waratah | Independent | Secondary | 2.4 km | 52 | 776 |
| St Philip's Christian College Dynamic Learning, Waratah | Independent | Combined | 2.4 km | 223 | 1,022 |
| Newcastle Senior School, Waratah | Government | Secondary | 2.5 km | 37 | 960 |
| St Philip's Christian College - Waratah, Waratah | Independent | Combined | 2.6 km | 1,466 | 1,138 |
| Waratah Public School, Waratah | Government | Primary | 2.6 km | 351 | 1,019 |
| Corpus Christi Primary School, Waratah | Catholic | Primary | 2.6 km | 169 | 1,085 |
| Newcastle Middle School, Waratah | Government | Combined | 2.7 km | 45 | 967 |
| Novoschool, Newcastle West | Independent | Secondary | 2.7 km | 79 | 1,077 |
| Newcastle High School, Hamilton | Government | Secondary | 2.8 km | 1,072 | 1,027 |
| Mayfield West Public School, Mayfield | Government | Primary | 2.8 km | 342 | 1,033 |
| Hunter School of Performing Arts, Broadmeadow | Government | Combined | 2.9 km | 1,094 | 1,085 |
| Merewether High School, Broadmeadow | Government | Secondary | 2.9 km | 1,080 | 1,206 |
| Lambton High School, Lambton | Government | Secondary | 2.9 km | 1,176 | 1,057 |
| Hamilton South Public School, Merewether | Government | Primary | 2.9 km | 362 | 1,139 |
| Stockton Public School, Stockton | Government | Primary | 2.9 km | 254 | 1,000 |
| St Peter's Primary School, Stockton | Catholic | Primary | 3.2 km | 180 | 1,053 |
| Adamstown Public School, Adamstown | Government | Primary | 3.3 km | 439 | 1,078 |
| Waratah West Public School, Waratah West | Government | Primary | 3.3 km | 113 | 963 |
| St Joseph's Primary School, Merewether | Catholic | Primary | 3.4 km | 387 | 1,141 |
| Merewether Public School, Merewether | Government | Primary | 3.4 km | 139 | 950 |
| Newcastle East Public School, Newcastle | Government | Primary | 3.6 km | 260 | 1,112 |
| St Therese's Primary School, New Lambton | Catholic | Primary | 3.8 km | 543 | 1,100 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Tighes Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13880/tighes-hill/topic/education