60.0% ▲ +1.4%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.2%
- 2016: 54.8%
- 2021: 60.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Pialligo · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Pialligo
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Much higher levels of school and university achievement than most similar areas mark Pialligo. While 60% of residents have finished Year 12, the proportion of adults with a university degree remains far below the territory average.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Six in ten people here completed Year 12, which is a little above the national figure but far below the 77% seen across the ACT.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Pialligo, Year 12 is the majority at 73%; Year 10 is next at 23%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees or higher are held by 22.6% of adults, a figure well below the Australian average. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 33.8% of residents.
22.6% ▲ +22.8%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.4%
- 2016: 24.3%
- 2021: 22.6%
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 Pialligo, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 40%, followed by Bachelor degree (20%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (20%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in society and culture are the most common at 19.5%, followed by management and commerce at 14.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Pialligo has eight schools within 3 km, which is more than 80% of similar areas. These schools have an average advantage score of 1,064, which is much higher than most other areas.
8
Higher than 77% 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).
341
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,064
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Pialligo
8 schools — 2,725 students, average ICSEA 1,064.
By sector: Government 6 · Catholic 2
By type: Primary 4 · Secondary 3 · Combined 1
| Campbell Primary School, Campbell | Government | Primary | 3.9 km | 267 | 1,136 |
| St Thomas More's Primary School, Campbell | Catholic | Primary | 4.2 km | 179 | 1,145 |
| St Clare's College, Griffith | Catholic | Secondary | 4.4 km | 887 | 1,087 |
| Narrabundah Early Childhood School, Narrabundah | Government | Primary | 4.4 km | 53 | 990 |
| Queanbeyan West Public School, Queanbeyan | Government | Primary | 4.9 km | 387 | 988 |
| Campbell High School, Campbell | Government | Secondary | 5.4 km | 420 | 1,120 |
| Queanbeyan High School, Queanbeyan | Government | Secondary | 5.5 km | 448 | 967 |
| Finigan School of Distance Education, Queanbeyan | Government | Combined | 5.7 km | 84 | 1,067 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Pialligo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80111/pialligo/topic/education