37.4% ▲ +33.0%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 37.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Greenethorpe · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Greenethorpe
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Educational attainment in Greenethorpe has seen little change over the last decade, though it remains quite low. Only 37.4% of residents have completed Year 12, which is far below both the state and national figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion is much lower than in most areas, with only 37.4% of people finishing Year 12. This is 21 percentage points below the New South Wales and Australian figures.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Greenethorpe, the largest group is Year 12 at 41%, followed by Year 10 (35%) and Year 9 or below (12%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
A typical adult here is far less likely to have a university degree than the national average, with only 15.5% holding a bachelor degree or higher. The most common qualifications are Certificate III or IV and diplomas.
15.5% ▲ +76.6%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Greenethorpe splits fairly evenly between Certificate III / IV (32%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (30%), with Bachelor degree at 27%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in Greenethorpe are most often linked to Agriculture and environment (16.3%) and Management and commerce (14.3%).
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area is served by a single small government primary school. While the number of schools per 1,000 children is among the highest for similar areas, the average school size is very small at just 5 students.
33.33
Higher than 96% 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).
5
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
893
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Greenethorpe
1 school — 5 students, average ICSEA 893.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Greenethorpe Public School, Greenethorpe | Government | Primary | 4.9 km | 5 | 893 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Greenethorpe [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11766/greenethorpe/topic/education