66.7% ▲ +29.7%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 51.4%
- 2016: 61.8%
- 2021: 66.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Glenfield · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Glenfield
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Higher levels of schooling and university degrees define daily life in Glenfield. This area is well educated, with a typical resident far more likely to have finished high school or earned a degree than those in most other parts of Australia.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Schooling levels are strong here, as 66.7% of residents completed Year 12. This is well above the national and state figures, which both sit around 59%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Glenfield, Year 12 is the majority at 73%; Year 10 is next at 15%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
A bachelor degree or higher is held by 33% of adults, a figure well above the Australian average of 26.3%. Most of these higher qualifications are bachelor degrees, at 30.9%.
33.0% ▲ +64.3%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.1%
- 2016: 27.5%
- 2021: 33.0%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →In Glenfield, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 37%, followed by Certificate III / IV (21%) and Postgraduate degree (20%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are management and commerce at 23.8%, followed by engineering and related fields at 13.5%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Glenfield has 30 schools within 3km, though it has fewer schools per child than most areas. Local schools are generally larger than average and the typical school advantage score is much higher than in most other areas.
2.72
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
30
Higher than 88% 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).
686
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,041
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Glenfield
30 schools — 20,590 students, average ICSEA 1,041.
By sector: Government 22 · Independent 5 · Catholic 3
By type: Primary 15 · Secondary 8 · Combined 7
| Hurlstone Agricultural High School, Glenfield | Government | Secondary | 0.1 km | 934 | 1,147 |
| Glenfield Public School, Glenfield | Government | Primary | 0.3 km | 470 | 1,070 |
| Glenwood Public School, Glenfield | Government | Primary | 1.0 km | 216 | 988 |
| Campbell House School, Glenfield | Government | Secondary | 1.1 km | 60 | 890 |
| Glenfield Park School, Glenfield | Government | Combined | 1.4 km | 63 | 896 |
| Ajuga School, Glenfield | Government | Combined | 1.4 km | 53 | 900 |
| Macarthur Adventist College, Macquarie Fields | Independent | Combined | 1.6 km | 695 | 1,051 |
| Guise Public School, Macquarie Fields | Government | Primary | 1.9 km | 221 | 880 |
| James Meehan High School, Macquarie Fields | Government | Secondary | 1.9 km | 395 | 884 |
| EDEN College, Macquarie Fields | Independent | Secondary | 2.0 km | 61 | 901 |
| Casula High School, Casula | Government | Secondary | 2.2 km | 1,281 | 957 |
| Curran Public School, Macquarie Fields | Government | Primary | 2.5 km | 275 | 883 |
| Prestons Public School, Prestons | Government | Primary | 2.7 km | 586 | 962 |
| Macquarie Fields Public School, Macquarie Fields | Government | Primary | 2.9 km | 828 | 1,048 |
| Macquarie Fields High School, Macquarie Fields | Government | Secondary | 3.0 km | 1,091 | 1,081 |
| St Catherine of Siena Catholic Primary School, Prestons | Catholic | Primary | 3.0 km | 646 | 1,088 |
| Lurnea High School, Lurnea | Government | Secondary | 3.3 km | 696 | 902 |
| Bardia Public School, Bardia | Government | Primary | 3.3 km | 953 | 1,070 |
| Dalmeny Public School, Prestons | Government | Primary | 3.3 km | 671 | 1,012 |
| Casula Public School, Casula | Government | Primary | 3.3 km | 660 | 980 |
| Amity College, Prestons, Prestons | Independent | Combined | 3.6 km | 2,588 | 1,096 |
| St Francis Catholic College, Edmondson Park | Catholic | Combined | 3.7 km | 1,559 | 1,088 |
| Edmondson Park Public School, Edmondson Park | Government | Primary | 3.7 km | 897 | 1,077 |
| Holy Family Catholic Primary School, Ingleburn | Catholic | Primary | 4.1 km | 397 | 1,066 |
| Ingleburn Public School, Ingleburn | Government | Primary | 4.1 km | 424 | 985 |
| Ingleburn High School, Ingleburn | Government | Secondary | 4.3 km | 782 | 957 |
| Lurnea Public School, Lurnea | Government | Primary | 4.3 km | 440 | 906 |
| Wattle Grove Public School, Wattle Grove | Government | Primary | 4.3 km | 427 | 1,035 |
| William Carey Christian School, Prestons | Independent | Combined | 4.6 km | 1,325 | 1,105 |
| St Mark's Coptic Orthodox College, Wattle Grove | Independent | Combined | 5.0 km | 896 | 1,132 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Glenfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11668/glenfield/topic/education