42.6% —
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 33.6%
- 2021: 42.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Garthowen · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Garthowen
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Garthowen has a higher share of university degrees than most similar areas, though it falls well below state and national levels. While 18.7% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, far fewer residents completed Year 12 compared to the rest of the country.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 42.6% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. For many in the area, the highest year of school completed was Year 10, at 43.4%.
Highest year of school
View on map →Garthowen splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (44%) and Year 12 (43%), with Year 9 or below at 9%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Certificate III or IV is the most common qualification at 46.3%. While the proportion of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is higher than in similar areas, it remains well below the New South Wales average.
18.7% —
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.2%
- 2021: 18.7%
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 Garthowen, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 47%, followed by Bachelor degree (25%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (20%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are Engineering at 20% and Society and Culture at 13.8%, followed by Health at 11.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools located within 3 km of the area, which is a smaller number than in about 59% of similar areas.
0
Lower than 99% 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).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Garthowen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11597/garthowen/topic/education