37.7% ▲ +22.5%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.8%
- 2016: 33.0%
- 2021: 37.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Grafton · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Grafton
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common achievement for adults in Grafton. The area faces significant educational gaps, with only 37.7% of residents completing Year 12, a figure far below the national average.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion is low in Grafton, as only 37.7% of people finished Year 12. This is 21 points lower than both the New South Wales and Australian figures.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Grafton, the largest group is Year 12 at 41%, followed by Year 10 (35%) and Year 9 or below (16%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 12.3% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. These higher degrees are less common than trade certificates, which 38% of residents hold.
12.3% ▲ +36.0%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 12.3%
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 Grafton, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 50%; Bachelor degree is next at 21%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification are management and commerce at 16.5%, followed by society and culture at 13.1%. Health and engineering both account for 11.9% of qualifications.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Grafton has more schools within 3km than 82% of similar areas, though it has fewer schools per 1,000 children. Most schools are government-run (70%) and have an average size of 414 students, which is higher than most areas.
2.14
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
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).
414
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
935
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Grafton
10 schools — 4,139 students, average ICSEA 935.
By sector: Government 7 · Catholic 2 · Independent 1
By type: Primary 5 · Secondary 4 · Combined 1
| St Mary's Primary School, Grafton | Catholic | Primary | 0.5 km | 259 | 1,020 |
| Westlawn Public School, Grafton | Government | Primary | 0.5 km | 467 | 940 |
| Grafton High School, Grafton | Government | Secondary | 0.8 km | 768 | 941 |
| Grafton Public School, Grafton | Government | Primary | 1.2 km | 476 | 907 |
| South Grafton Public School, South Grafton | Government | Primary | 4.0 km | 564 | 905 |
| McAuley Catholic College, Clarenza | Catholic | Secondary | 4.2 km | 602 | 1,031 |
| South Grafton High School, South Grafton | Government | Secondary | 4.4 km | 639 | 875 |
| St Andrew's Christian School, Grafton | Independent | Combined | 5.1 km | 209 | 974 |
| Gillwinga Public School, South Grafton | Government | Primary | 5.5 km | 129 | 774 |
| Induna School, South Grafton | Government | Secondary | 5.5 km | 26 | 754 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Grafton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11739/grafton/topic/education