30.3% ▲ —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.7%
- 2021: 30.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Hume · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Hume
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 30.3% of people in Hume have completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This reflects a workforce and community with much lower levels of formal schooling and higher education compared to most other areas.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 10 is the most common level of schooling completed here, reached by 42.1% of residents. This is consistent with the area's high gap from the ACT, where the Year 12 completion rate is 47 percentage points higher.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Hume, Year 10 is the majority at 53%; Year 12 is next at 38%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Very few adults hold a bachelor degree or higher at 8.7%, a figure far below both the national and territory averages. Among those with degrees, 34.7% hold a bachelor degree, while 30.6% have a Certificate III or IV.
8.7% ▲ —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.9%
- 2021: 8.7%
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 Hume, Bachelor degree is the majority at 53%; Certificate III / IV is next at 47%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in this area are most commonly tied to food, hospitality and personal services, which account for 3.1% of the field of study.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Hume has six schools within 3km, which is more than about 77% of similar areas. These schools are typically larger than average and 83.3% are government-run.
6
Higher than 74% 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).
459
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,063
Higher 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 Hume
6 schools — 2,752 students, average ICSEA 1,063.
By sector: Government 5 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 4 · Secondary 2
| Jerrabomberra High School, Jerrabomberra | Government | Secondary | 2.0 km | 333 | 1,068 |
| Jerrabomberra Public School, Jerrabomberra | Government | Primary | 2.8 km | 865 | 1,107 |
| Gilmore Primary School, Gilmore | Government | Primary | 4.6 km | 113 | 981 |
| Fadden Primary School, Fadden | Government | Primary | 4.9 km | 229 | 1,076 |
| Holy Family Primary School, Gowrie | Catholic | Primary | 5.3 km | 641 | 1,076 |
| Caroline Chisholm School, Chisholm | Government | Secondary | 5.4 km | 571 | 989 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Hume [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80077/hume/topic/education