O'Briens Hill · Suburb / Locality

Education & Qualifications in O'Briens Hill

How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.

Much lower school advantage scores than most other areas define the educational landscape of O'Briens Hill. This small locality relies on a single government primary school to serve its students.

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📍 O'Briens Hill, Suburb / Locality

Schooling

Highest year of school completed.

The most common highest year of school is Year 12 at 113%, ahead of Year 11 (0%).

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In O'Briens Hill, Year 12 is the majority at 100%.

Qualifications

Post-school qualifications and degrees.

The most common highest qualification level is Bachelor degree at 120%, ahead of Certificate III / IV (120%).

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O'Briens Hill 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 Natural & physical sciences at 100%, ahead of Information technology (0%).

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In O'Briens Hill, Natural & physical sciences is the majority at 100%.

Schools

Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).

The area's only school is a government primary school with an average size of 330 students, which is around the middle for similar areas. However, its average school advantage score of 919 is much lower than most other areas.

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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).

919

Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.

Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).

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Schools serving O'Briens Hill

1 school — 330 students, average ICSEA 919.

By sector: Government 1

By type: Primary 1

Schools serving O'Briens Hill, sortable by name, sector, type, distance and student count
Goondi State School, Goondi Bend Government Primary 2.8 km 330 919

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 O'Briens Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32202/o-briens-hill/topic/education