35.2% ▲ +31.1%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.8%
- 2016: 28.4%
- 2021: 35.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Geneva · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Geneva
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 35.2% of people in Geneva finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This is a community where fewer people have completed high school or gone on to earn university degrees compared to most other areas.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Completion rates for Year 12 are far below the state and national figures, sitting at 35.2%. Roughly a third of residents instead finished at Year 10, while 15.7% left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →Geneva splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (39%) and Year 10 (38%), with Year 9 or below at 17%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 10.7% of the population, which is far below the national average. The most common qualifications are Certificate III or IV at 31.5% and diplomas at 22.3%.
10.7% ▲ +25.6%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 10.7%
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 Geneva, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 42%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (30%) and Bachelor degree (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Those with qualifications in Geneva most commonly studied management and commerce (16.5%) or health (15.0%). Engineering and education also make up a significant share of the local workforce's studies.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are three schools within 3km, though the average school advantage score is much lower than most areas. Two thirds of these schools are government run, with the rest being Catholic.
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).
238
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
939
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Geneva
3 schools — 715 students, average ICSEA 939.
By sector: Government 2 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 2 · Secondary 1
| Kyogle High School, Kyogle | Government | Secondary | 2.4 km | 307 | 912 |
| Kyogle Public School, Kyogle | Government | Primary | 2.6 km | 260 | 938 |
| St Brigid's Primary School, Kyogle | Catholic | Primary | 2.7 km | 148 | 996 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Geneva [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11603/geneva/topic/education