32.4% ▲ +18.6%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.3%
- 2016: 27.9%
- 2021: 32.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Glenreagh · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Glenreagh
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer residents in Glenreagh have finished high school compared to the rest of the state. Only 32.4% of people here completed Year 12, which is a gap of 27 points below the New South Wales average. This trend continues into higher education, where university degrees are much less common than in most other areas.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Completing Year 12 is far less common here than across Australia, with only 32.4% of people reaching this milestone. This is far below the national figure of 58.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →Glenreagh splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (38%) and Year 10 (37%), with Year 9 or below at 17%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are rare in the area, with just 8% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the New South Wales figure of 27.8%, while Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common, held by 39.6% of residents.
8.0% ▲ +13.5%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 8.0%
- 2021: 8.0%
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 Glenreagh, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 58%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 19%.
Field of study
What people studied.
For those with qualifications, the most common fields are society and culture at 13.9%, followed by engineering and related subjects at 12.1% and management and commerce at 11.2%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one primary school, which is a government institution. This school is much smaller than those in most similar areas, with an average size of 72 students and a much lower advantage score.
4.33
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
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).
72
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
938
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 Glenreagh
1 school — 72 students, average ICSEA 938.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Glenreagh Public School, Glenreagh | Government | Primary | 4.3 km | 72 | 938 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Glenreagh [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11679/glenreagh/topic/education