43.8% —
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 45.5%
- 2021: 43.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Glenroy · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Glenroy
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Education levels have remained steady in Glenroy, but the area trails behind state and national figures. Only 15.6% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the figures for New South Wales and Australia. This reflects a broader pattern of lower school and university completion compared to most other regions.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion sits at 43.8%, which is far below the New South Wales and Australian figures of around 59%. About 30% of residents stopped their schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Glenroy, the largest group is Year 12 at 47%, followed by Year 10 (32%) and Year 9 or below (16%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The proportion of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is 15.6%, far below the 27.8% seen across New South Wales. Among those with a qualification, the most common is a bachelor degree at 30%.
15.6% —
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 15.6%
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 Glenroy, Bachelor degree is the majority at 55%; Certificate III / IV is next at 32%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in Glenroy are spread across several fields, with society and culture being the most common at 17.5%. Agriculture, environment and health are also prominent, each at 15%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of the area. This is a smaller number of facilities than about 59% of similar areas.
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Lower than 99% 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).
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Glenroy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11683/glenroy/topic/education