38.5% ▲ +10.7%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.7%
- 2016: 33.2%
- 2021: 38.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Geurie · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Geurie
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Education levels in Geurie have remained consistently lower than the state average over the last decade. Only 10.3% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the New South Wales figure. This gap reflects a community where most residents hold trade certificates rather than university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Completing Year 12 is far less common here than across Australia, with only 38.5% of residents reaching that milestone. This is 20 points lower than the New South Wales average.
Highest year of school
View on map →Geurie splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (42%) and Year 10 (37%), with Year 9 or below at 14%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Trade qualifications are very common, as 44.6% of people hold a Certificate III or IV. This helps explain why the proportion of adults with a bachelor degree is far below the national figure.
10.3% ▼ -10.6%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 10.3%
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 Geurie, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 56%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 19%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are management and commerce at 16.3%, followed closely by engineering and related fields at 15.8%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Geurie has a higher number of schools per 1,000 children than most areas, though the average school size is much lower. Both local schools are government-run primary schools.
6.76
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
2
Higher than 62% 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).
38
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
923
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Geurie
2 schools — 75 students, average ICSEA 923.
By sector: Government 2
By type: Primary 2
| Geurie Public School, Geurie | Government | Primary | 4.0 km | 33 | 860 |
| Wongarbon Public School, Wongarbon | Government | Primary | 9.9 km | 42 | 973 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Geurie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11612/geurie/topic/education