36.1% ▲ +24.2%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.1%
- 2016: 37.3%
- 2021: 36.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Mount Hicks · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Mount Hicks
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Mount Hicks finished high school compared to the rest of the country. Only 36.1% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below both the state and national figures. About 29.8% of people listed Year 10 as their highest year of school.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Mount Hicks, the largest group is Year 12 at 41%, followed by Year 10 (34%) and Year 9 or below (14%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
While 18.2% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, this is well below the national rate. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 36.1% of residents.
18.2% ▲ +29.8%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.0%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 18.2%
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 Mount Hicks, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 45%, followed by Bachelor degree (25%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (17%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in Mount Hicks are spread across several fields, with Engineering and related studies being the most common at 22.8%. Management and commerce follow at 14.4%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one government school, which is a combined primary and secondary site. This school is smaller than most similar areas and has one of the lowest average advantage scores.
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).
110
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
880
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Mount Hicks
1 school — 110 students, average ICSEA 880.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Combined 1
| Yolla District School, Yolla | Government | Combined | 6.5 km | 110 | 880 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Mount Hicks [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60428/mount-hicks/topic/education