42.7% —
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 41.9%
- 2021: 42.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Greenwich Park · Suburb / Locality
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Higher education levels have grown in Greenwich Park, where 20.4% of adults now hold a bachelor degree or higher. While this is higher than most similar areas, school completion remains low with only 42.7% of residents finishing Year 12.
Highest year of school completed.
School completion is far below the national and state figures, with 42.7% of people finishing Year 12. About 21.7% of the population stopped after Year 10.
42.7% —
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
In Greenwich Park, Year 12 is the majority at 59%; Year 10 is next at 30%.
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
One in five adults has a bachelor degree, which is higher than most similar areas, though this remains well below the New South Wales average of 27.8%. Certificates III and IV are also common at 20.2%.
20.4% —
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Greenwich Park splits fairly evenly between Bachelor degree (32%) and Certificate III / IV (32%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 26%.
What people studied.
Management and commerce are the most common fields of study at 22.9%, followed by health at 9.2% and society and culture at 8.3%.
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of the area, making it smaller than about 59% of similar locations.
0
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).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Greenwich Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11777/greenwich-park/topic/education