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Pallamallawa · Urban Centre

Education & Qualifications in Pallamallawa

How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.

A gap of 42 percentage points separates Pallamallawa from the state average for Year 12 completion. This small area has very low levels of formal schooling and higher education compared to New South Wales and the rest of Australia.

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📍 Pallamallawa, Urban Centre

Where Pallamallawa sits — Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

3.9% ▲ +21.7%

All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Pallamallawa — lower than 94% of areas.

Pallamallawa3.9%
2399, NSW 7.6%
New South Wales 27.8%
Australia 26.3%

Schooling

Highest year of school completed.

Only 17.3% of residents have finished Year 12, a figure that is far below the national average and has fallen by 5.9 points since 2011. The most common highest year of school completed here is Year 10, at 31.7%.

Completed Year 12

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17.3% ▼ -25.4%

Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.

Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.

Highest year of school

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In Pallamallawa, the largest group is Year 10 at 47%, followed by Year 12 (26%) and Year 9 or below (22%).

Year 10 31.7% Year 12 17.3% Year 9 or below 14.9% Year 11 3.6%

Qualifications

Post-school qualifications and degrees.

Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up just 3.9% of the population, which is far below the New South Wales figure. This has barely changed since 2011, and the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV at 28.7%.

Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

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3.9% ▲ +21.7%

Lower than 94% of urban centre areas.

Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).

Highest qualification level

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In Pallamallawa, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 65%; Bachelor degree is next at 14%.

Certificate III / IV 28.7% Bachelor degree 6.4% Advanced diploma / diploma 5.7% Certificate I / II 3.2%

Field of study

What people studied.

People with qualifications in this area most commonly studied Engineering and related fields (10.8%) or Food, hospitality and personal services (8.9%).

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Pallamallawa splits fairly evenly between Engineering & related (25%) and Food, hospitality & personal services (21%), with Society & culture at 16%.

Engineering & related 10.8% Food, hospitality & personal services 8.9% Society & culture 7.0% Management & commerce 6.4% Architecture & building 5.1% Health 2.5% Education 1.9%

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 Pallamallawa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122106/pallamallawa/topic/education