41.9% ▲ +0.9%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 41.5%
- 2016: 41.2%
- 2021: 41.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Glenfield Park · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Glenfield Park
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Education levels in Glenfield Park have remained largely consistent over the last decade, though qualifications stay well below state levels. Only 12.9% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 27.8%.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Completing Year 12 is far less common here than in the rest of Australia, with only 41.9% of residents reaching this milestone. This is 17 percentage points lower than both the state and national figures.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Glenfield Park, the largest group is Year 12 at 43%, followed by Year 10 (34%) and Year 9 or below (14%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Trade and vocational certificates are the most common achievement, with 44.6% of residents holding a Certificate III or IV. This helps explain why the share of people with university degrees is much lower than the state average.
12.9% ▲ +8.7%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 12.9%
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 Park, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 52%; Bachelor degree is next at 21%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most popular fields of study for those with qualifications are management and commerce at 17.8%, followed by society and culture at 14.8% and engineering at 14.4%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are 19 schools within 3km, which is more than 89% of similar areas. Most of these are government primary schools, and they have a lower average advantage score than most other areas.
19
Higher than 86% 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).
320
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
961
Lower than 67% 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 Park
19 schools — 5,753 students, average ICSEA 961.
By sector: Government 13 · Catholic 3 · Independent 3
By type: Primary 10 · Combined 5 · Secondary 4
| Holy Trinity West Wagga, Ashmont | Catholic | Primary | 1.4 km | 242 | 938 |
| Ashmont Public School, Wagga Wagga | Government | Primary | 1.4 km | 300 | 766 |
| OneSchool Global NSW - Wagga Wagga, Wagga Wagga | Independent | Combined | 1.4 km | 36 | 990 |
| Shepherds Park School, Wagga Wagga | Government | Secondary | 1.4 km | 17 | 870 |
| Saint Mary MacKillop Colleges Limited, Wagga Wagga | Independent | Combined | 1.8 km | 198 | 1,078 |
| Red Hill Public School, Wagga Wagga | Government | Primary | 1.8 km | 325 | 831 |
| Mount Austin Public School, Mount Austin | Government | Primary | 1.9 km | 228 | 824 |
| Henschke Primary School, Wagga Wagga | Catholic | Primary | 1.9 km | 603 | 1,029 |
| Mount Austin High School, Wagga Wagga | Government | Secondary | 2.1 km | 522 | 822 |
| Riverina Environmental Education Centre, Wagga Wagga | Government | Combined | 2.1 km | — | — |
| Turvey Park Public School, Wagga Wagga | Government | Primary | 2.6 km | 283 | 944 |
| The Bidgee School, Wagga Wagga | Government | Combined | 3.3 km | 48 | 896 |
| Wagga Wagga High School, Wagga Wagga | Government | Secondary | 3.3 km | 818 | 960 |
| Kildare Catholic College, Wagga Wagga | Catholic | Secondary | 3.4 km | 972 | 1,028 |
| Lutheran School Wagga Wagga, Wagga Wagga | Independent | Primary | 3.4 km | 332 | 1,120 |
| Willans Hill School, Wagga Wagga | Government | Combined | 3.4 km | 71 | 929 |
| Kapooka Public School, Kapooka | Government | Primary | 3.5 km | 52 | 1,002 |
| South Wagga Public School, Wagga Wagga | Government | Primary | 3.8 km | 266 | 1,027 |
| Wagga Wagga Public School, Wagga Wagga | Government | Primary | 4.5 km | 440 | 1,008 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Glenfield Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11669/glenfield-park/topic/education