34.1% ▲ +23.4%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.6%
- 2016: 30.0%
- 2021: 34.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Glen Innes · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Glen Innes
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 25 percentage points separates Glen Innes from the state and national averages for Year 12 completion. This disparity carries through to higher education, where only 10.8% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. It is a community where formal qualifications are significantly lower than in most other Australian areas.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 34.1% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. About 32.8% of people reached Year 10 as their highest school level.
Highest year of school
View on map →Glen Innes splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (39%) and Year 10 (37%), with Year 9 or below at 18%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 10.8% of the population, far below the national figure of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 34.1% of residents.
10.8% ▲ +33.7%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 10.8%
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 Glen Innes, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 48%, followed by Bachelor degree (21%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are management and commerce at 14.2%, followed by health at 12.2% and society and culture at 11.2%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are four schools within 3km, which is more than 73% of similar areas. These schools have an average advantage score of 937, which is much lower than most other areas.
4.00
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
4
Higher than 71% 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.
937
Lower than 79% 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 Innes
4 schools — 951 students, average ICSEA 937.
By sector: Government 3 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 3 · Secondary 1
| Glen Innes West Infants School, Glen Innes | Government | Primary | 3.6 km | 19 | 898 |
| Glen Innes Public School, Glen Innes | Government | Primary | 4.7 km | 339 | 903 |
| St Joseph's Primary School, Glen Innes | Catholic | Primary | 4.8 km | 159 | 1,042 |
| Glen Innes High School, Glen Innes | Government | Secondary | 5.4 km | 434 | 926 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Glen Innes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11653/glen-innes/topic/education