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Education & Qualifications in Girral

How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.

Forty-four percent of Girral residents left school after Year 10, marking this as an area where few people hold high-level academic degrees. This low level of formal schooling is reflected in the fact that no adults in the area hold a bachelor degree or higher.

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Where Girral sits — Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

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All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Girral — lower than 99% of areas.

Girral0.0%
2669, NSW 9.4%
New South Wales 27.8%
Australia 26.3%

Schooling

Highest year of school completed.

Only 14% of people here completed Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. The most common highest school year reached was Year 10 at 44.2%.

Completed Year 12

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Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.

Highest year of school

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In Girral, Year 10 is the majority at 63%; Year 12 is next at 20%.

Year 10 44.2% Year 12 14.0% Year 11 11.6%

Qualifications

Post-school qualifications and degrees.

With 0% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher, this area is far below the Australian average of 26.3%. Instead, the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 44.4% of residents.

Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

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Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).

Highest qualification level

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In Girral, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 100%.

Certificate III / IV 44.4%

Field of study

What people studied.

Those with qualifications have studied a variety of fields, with Engineering and Education both at 14.8%, followed by Agriculture, Health, and Management at 11.1% each.

Field of qualification

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Girral splits fairly evenly between Engineering & related (20%) and Education (20%), with Agriculture & environment at 15%.

Engineering & related 14.8% Education 14.8% Agriculture & environment 11.1% Health 11.1% Management & commerce 11.1% Society & culture 11.1%

Schools

Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).

There are no schools within 3 km of the area, making it smaller than about 59% of similar areas.

Schools within 3 km

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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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Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
  • Australian Schools List — Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), 2025 (CC BY 4.0).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Girral [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11638/girral/topic/education