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Higher than 71% 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).
Pinelands · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Pinelands
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A school advantage score of 949 marks Pinelands as having much lower educational advantages than most other areas. This gap stands out as the defining feature of the local education landscape, where most students attend government primary schools.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
The most common highest year of school is Year 12 at 33%, ahead of Year 11 (33%).
Highest year of school
View on map →Pinelands splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (38%) and Year 11 (38%), with Year 10 at 23%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The most common highest qualification level is Certificate III / IV at 76%, ahead of Advanced diploma / diploma (24%).
Highest qualification level
View on map →In Pinelands, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 76%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 24%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Engineering & related at 35%, ahead of Management & commerce (35%).
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Four schools are located within 3 km, which is more than about 73% of similar areas. Three quarters of these are government primary schools, and the typical school size is around 383 students.
383
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
949
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Pinelands
4 schools — 1,531 students, average ICSEA 949.
By sector: Government 3 · Independent 1
By type: Primary 3 · Combined 1
| Durack Primary School, Durack | Government | Primary | 2.5 km | 474 | 1,017 |
| Driver Primary School, Driver | Government | Primary | 3.5 km | 409 | 914 |
| Palmerston Christian College, Marlow Lagoon | Independent | Combined | 3.8 km | 365 | 1,008 |
| Gray Primary School, Gray | Government | Primary | 4.2 km | 283 | 808 |
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 Pinelands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70225/pinelands/topic/education