31.8% ▲ +48.3%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.4%
- 2016: 27.3%
- 2021: 31.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Ganmain · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Ganmain
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Ganmain have finished high school or university compared to the rest of the state. Only 31.8% of residents completed Year 12, which is 27 percentage points lower than the New South Wales and Australian figures. This gap is reflected in the local qualification levels, where university degrees are much less common.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 10 is the most common finishing point for school, reached by 37.1% of residents. This helps explain why the 31.8% who finished Year 12 is far below the national figure of 58.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Ganmain, the largest group is Year 10 at 41%, followed by Year 12 (35%) and Year 9 or below (18%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 9.6% of the population, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 27.8%. Instead, the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 45.1% of residents.
9.6% ▲ +20.6%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 8.0%
- 2021: 9.6%
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 Ganmain, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 60%; Bachelor degree is next at 15%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across several fields, with Society and Culture being the most common at 14.7%. Management and Commerce (12.7%) and Engineering (12.4%) follow closely.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has three primary schools, which is more than 70% of similar places. These schools are much smaller than most, with an average size of 29 students and a lower advantage score than most areas.
13.89
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
3
Higher than 67% 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).
29
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
955
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Ganmain
3 schools — 86 students, average ICSEA 955.
By sector: Government 2 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 3
| Ganmain Public School, Ganmain | Government | Primary | 3.1 km | 25 | 917 |
| St Brendan's Primary School, Ganmain | Catholic | Primary | 3.3 km | 29 | 982 |
| Matong Public School, Matong | Government | Primary | 8.7 km | 32 | 961 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Ganmain [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11589/ganmain/topic/education