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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).
Pira · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Pira
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 931 in the school advantage score marks Pira as having much lower educational advantages than most other areas. This small community relies on a single primary school to provide local education for its students.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
The most common highest year of school is Year 12 at 78%, ahead of Year 11 (56%).
Highest year of school
View on map →In Pira, the largest group is Year 12 at 47%, followed by Year 11 (33%) and Year 10 (20%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The most common highest qualification level is Bachelor degree at 67%, ahead of Certificate III / IV (67%).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Pira splits fairly evenly between Bachelor degree (50%) and Certificate III / IV (50%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Health at 83%, ahead of Natural & physical sciences (0%).
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Pira has one government primary school, which is much smaller than most similar schools with an average size of 75 students. This school's advantage score is also much lower than the figures seen in most other areas.
75
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
931
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Pira
1 school — 75 students, average ICSEA 931.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Woorinen District Primary School, Woorinen South | Government | Primary | 8.7 km | 75 | 931 |
Sources
- Australian Schools List — Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), 2025 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Pira [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22079/pira/topic/education