57.7% ▲ +10.1%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 52.4%
- 2016: 56.1%
- 2021: 57.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Green Valley · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Green Valley
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
More than half of residents in Green Valley finished high school, which is much higher than in most similar areas. While Year 12 completion is common, the proportion of adults with a university degree is far below the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 57.7% of people completed Year 12, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas but still a little below the New South Wales average.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Green Valley, Year 12 is the majority at 61%; Year 9 or below is next at 18%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 14.9% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the figures for both New South Wales and Australia. Instead, Certificate III and IV qualifications are more common at 26.8%.
14.9% ▲ +48.1%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Green Valley splits fairly evenly between Certificate III / IV (33%) and Bachelor degree (32%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 23%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification are management and commerce at 21.3%, followed by engineering and related fields at 14.7%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Green Valley has a large number of schools within 3km, though there are much fewer schools per 1,000 children than in most similar areas. Most of these are government primary schools.
1.59
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
38
Higher than 90% 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).
648
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
982
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Green Valley
38 schools — 24,615 students, average ICSEA 982.
By sector: Government 30 · Catholic 6 · Independent 2
By type: Primary 26 · Secondary 9 · Combined 3
| Green Valley Public School, Green Valley | Government | Primary | 0.2 km | 365 | 973 |
| Minarah College, Green Valley | Independent | Combined | 0.5 km | 1,129 | 1,014 |
| Busby West Public School, Green Valley | Government | Primary | 0.6 km | 304 | 895 |
| James Busby High School, Green Valley | Government | Secondary | 0.9 km | 544 | 902 |
| Busby Public School, Busby | Government | Primary | 1.5 km | 243 | 892 |
| Bonnyrigg Heights Public School, Bonnyrigg Heights | Government | Primary | 1.5 km | 769 | 989 |
| Hinchinbrook Public School, Hinchinbrook | Government | Primary | 1.5 km | 487 | 959 |
| John the Baptist Catholic Primary School, Bonnyrigg Heights | Catholic | Primary | 1.8 km | 843 | 1,059 |
| Cecil Hills High School, Cecil Hills | Government | Secondary | 1.8 km | 1,342 | 986 |
| Freeman Catholic College, Bonnyrigg Heights | Catholic | Secondary | 1.9 km | 1,411 | 1,038 |
| Heckenberg Public School, Heckenberg | Government | Primary | 2.1 km | 209 | 848 |
| Hoxton Park High School, Hinchinbrook | Government | Secondary | 2.1 km | 895 | 940 |
| Miller Public School, Miller | Government | Primary | 2.2 km | 266 | 880 |
| Cecil Hills Public School, Cecil Hills | Government | Primary | 2.2 km | 721 | 1,017 |
| Bonnyrigg High School, Bonnyrigg | Government | Secondary | 2.3 km | 1,642 | 962 |
| Edensor Park Public School, Edensor Park | Government | Primary | 2.4 km | 286 | 963 |
| Bonnyrigg Public School, Bonnyrigg | Government | Primary | 2.4 km | 238 | 900 |
| Sadleir Public School, Sadleir | Government | Primary | 2.5 km | 351 | 883 |
| St Therese Catholic Primary School, Miller | Catholic | Primary | 2.5 km | 315 | 1,003 |
| Miller High School, Miller | Government | Secondary | 2.6 km | 816 | 878 |
| Middleton Grange Public School, Middleton Grange | Government | Primary | 2.6 km | 465 | 1,010 |
| Good Samaritan Catholic College, Hinchinbrook | Catholic | Secondary | 2.8 km | 1,297 | 1,006 |
| Mount Pritchard Public School, Mount Pritchard | Government | Primary | 2.8 km | 368 | 951 |
| Our Lady of Mt Carmel Catholic Primary School Mount Pritchard, Bonnyrigg | Catholic | Primary | 2.9 km | 819 | 1,053 |
| Ashcroft Public School, Ashcroft | Government | Primary | 3.1 km | 284 | 887 |
| Good Shepherd Catholic Primary School, Hoxton Park | Catholic | Primary | 3.1 km | 469 | 1,037 |
| Cartwright Public School, Cartwright | Government | Primary | 3.2 km | 241 | 920 |
| St Johns Park Public School, St Johns Park | Government | Primary | 3.2 km | 673 | 1,023 |
| Ashcroft High School, Ashcroft | Government | Secondary | 3.2 km | 701 | 877 |
| Thomas Hassall Anglican College, Middleton Grange | Independent | Combined | 3.3 km | 1,721 | 1,083 |
| Governor Philip King Public School, Edensor Park | Government | Primary | 3.4 km | 568 | 979 |
| Bossley Park High School, Bossley Park | Government | Secondary | 3.6 km | 1,106 | 961 |
| Hoxton Park Public School, Hoxton Park | Government | Primary | 3.8 km | 531 | 985 |
| Lurnea Public School, Lurnea | Government | Primary | 3.9 km | 440 | 906 |
| Mount Pritchard East Public School, Mount Pritchard | Government | Primary | 3.9 km | 214 | 943 |
| Les Powell School, Mount Pritchard | Government | Combined | 4.0 km | 76 | 956 |
| Harrington Street Public School, Cabramatta | Government | Primary | 4.0 km | 740 | 1,000 |
| Marsden Road Public School, Liverpool | Government | Primary | 4.3 km | 726 | 977 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Green Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11762/green-valley/topic/education