37.9% ▲ +3.1%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.8%
- 2016: 37.1%
- 2021: 37.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Gerogery · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Gerogery
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer people have finished high school in Gerogery compared to most similar areas. Only 37.9% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This trend of lower formal schooling is reflected across the community's qualification levels.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the state and national averages, with 37.9% of people finishing. Other common outcomes include 30.4% who reached Year 10, and 9.9% who left at Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Gerogery, the largest group is Year 12 at 43%, followed by Year 10 (35%) and Year 9 or below (11%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 12.7% of the population, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 37.7% of residents.
12.7% ▼ -7.9%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.8%
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 12.7%
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 Gerogery, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 52%; Bachelor degree is next at 24%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for those with qualifications are Engineering and related fields at 18.4%, followed by Management and Commerce at 15.1%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are 6.45 schools per 1,000 children, which is higher than most areas, though the average school size is very small at just 13 students. All schools in the area are government primary schools.
6.45
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
1
Lower than 57% 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).
13
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
942
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Gerogery
1 school — 13 students, average ICSEA 942.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Gerogery Public School, Gerogery | Government | Primary | 1.1 km | 13 | 942 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Gerogery [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11609/gerogery/topic/education