26.2% ▼ -5.3%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.7%
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 26.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Greenridge · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Greenridge
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 26.2% of people in Greenridge have finished Year 12, a figure that is far below the national average. This gap in school completion is mirrored in higher education, with very few residents holding university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion is among the lowest at this level, with only 26.2% finishing Year 12. This is 33 percentage points lower than both the state and national figures, while 59.2% of residents stopped at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Greenridge, Year 10 is the majority at 58%; Year 12 is next at 25%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are uncommon here, as only 7.9% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the New South Wales figure of 27.8%, with Certificate III or IV being the most common qualification at 58.8%.
7.9% ▲ +9.3%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 8.7%
- 2021: 7.9%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →In Greenridge, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 67%; Bachelor degree is next at 18%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in the area are spread across several fields, led by society and culture at 21.6% and engineering and related fields at 17.6%. Health and building services also make up a significant portion of the local skill set.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools located within 3 km of the area, which 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).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Greenridge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11774/greenridge/topic/education