29.3% ▲ +21.1%
Lower than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.2%
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 29.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Pindimar · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Pindimar
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Forty-three per cent of people in Pindimar left school after Year 10, making it the most common level of schooling in the area. While more people have finished school since 2011, the proportion of residents with a Year 12 certificate remains far below the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 29.3% of residents have completed Year 12, which is far below the 58.8% national average. This figure rose 5.1 percentage points since 2011, though it remains much lower than most similar areas.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Pindimar, the largest group is Year 10 at 46%, followed by Year 12 (31%) and Year 9 or below (14%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 10.6% of the population, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 27.8%. This proportion has grown by 7.6 percentage points since 2011, and the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV.
10.6% ▲ +249.6%
Lower than 55% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 10.6%
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 Pindimar, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 59%; Bachelor degree is next at 17%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for qualified residents are engineering and related subjects at 21.8%, followed by management and commerce at 13.5%.
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 Pindimar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122112/pindimar/topic/education