37.3% ▲ +11.4%
Lower than 54% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 33.5%
- 2016: 32.4%
- 2021: 37.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Parkes · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Parkes
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 37.3% of people in Parkes have completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This suggests a workforce with a strong tilt toward practical skills and trade-based learning rather than formal academic schooling.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
The number of people finishing high school rose 3.8 points since 2011, but it remains far below the New South Wales average of 58.9%. Roughly a third of residents have Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →Parkes splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (41%) and Year 10 (36%), with Year 9 or below at 15%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
About 11.1% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the Australian average of 26.3%. Trade qualifications are much more common, with 41.1% of people holding a Certificate III or IV.
11.1% ▲ +9.0%
Lower than 52% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 11.1%
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 Parkes, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 53%; Bachelor degree is next at 20%.
Field of study
What people studied.
People with degrees in Parkes most often studied engineering and related fields at 17.8%, followed by management and commerce at 17.0%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Parkes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL114024/parkes/topic/education