55.0% —
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 55.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Glen Elgin · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Glen Elgin
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A massive gap in higher education defines Glen Elgin, where 70% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. While the typical resident is far more likely to have a university degree than people across Australia, school completion rates are notably lower.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is well below the state and national figures, sitting at 55%. About 35% of the population stopped their formal schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Glen Elgin, Year 12 is the majority at 61%; Year 10 is next at 39%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The proportion of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is 70%, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 27.8%. This puts the area among the highest for university qualifications.
70.0% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.4%
- 2021: 70.0%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Glen Elgin splits fairly evenly between Bachelor degree (41%) and Certificate III / IV (36%), with Postgraduate degree at 23%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Management & commerce at 33%, ahead of Natural & physical sciences (0%).
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one government primary school, though it is much smaller than most with an average size of 13 students. This school also has a much lower advantage score than most other areas.
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.
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 Glen Elgin
1 school — 13 students, average ICSEA 923.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Wytaliba Public School, Glen Innes | Government | Primary | 12.9 km | 13 | 923 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Glen Elgin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11651/glen-elgin/topic/education