35.3% ▲ +4.1%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.9%
- 2016: 29.5%
- 2021: 35.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Glenthorne · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Glenthorne
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer people in Glenthorne have finished high school or university compared to the rest of the country. Only 35.3% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This trend continues into higher education, where university degrees are much less common than in most other areas.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Just over a third of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales and Australian figures. Many others stopped after Year 10, which 32.6% of people did.
Highest year of school
View on map →Glenthorne splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (40%) and Year 10 (37%), with Year 9 or below at 17%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are rare here, with only 9.6% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the state and national averages, while Certificate III or IV is the most common qualification at 34.5%.
9.6% ▲ +20.0%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 9.6%
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 Glenthorne, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 50%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (27%) and Bachelor degree (16%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are management and commerce at 22.3%, followed by engineering, agriculture, and health, which each make up 10.8% of qualifications.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are 10 schools within 3km, which is more than about 82% of similar areas. Most of these are government primary schools, though the average school advantage score is much lower than in most other areas.
10
Higher than 79% 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).
372
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
919
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Glenthorne
10 schools — 3,722 students, average ICSEA 919.
By sector: Government 7 · Independent 2 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 6 · Secondary 3 · Combined 1
| Taree High School, Taree | Government | Secondary | 2.8 km | 623 | 918 |
| Taree Public School, Taree | Government | Primary | 2.8 km | 83 | 795 |
| Chatham Public School, Taree | Government | Primary | 3.4 km | 222 | 837 |
| St Clare's High School, Taree | Catholic | Secondary | 3.7 km | 630 | 1,012 |
| Chatham High School, Taree | Government | Secondary | 3.8 km | 493 | 814 |
| Manning Adventist School, Tinonee | Independent | Primary | 4.0 km | 32 | 952 |
| Taree West Public School, Taree | Government | Primary | 4.2 km | 409 | 910 |
| Manning Gardens Public School, Taree | Government | Primary | 4.6 km | 207 | 724 |
| Manning Valley Anglican College, Cundletown | Independent | Combined | 5.0 km | 758 | 1,005 |
| Cundletown Public School, Cundletown | Government | Primary | 5.2 km | 265 | 923 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Glenthorne [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11684/glenthorne/topic/education