41.7% ▲ +4.8%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 39.8%
- 2016: 38.6%
- 2021: 41.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Greigs Flat · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Greigs Flat
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Just 41.7% of people in Greigs Flat have completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure. While a good number of adults hold higher qualifications, school completion rates are much lower than in the rest of the state.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion is low here, with 41.7% finishing Year 12, which is 17 percentage points lower than both the state and national figures. Many residents stopped their schooling earlier, with 36.5% finishing at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Greigs Flat, the largest group is Year 12 at 45%, followed by Year 10 (39%) and Year 9 or below (10%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Nearly one in five adults, or 19.4%, holds a bachelor degree or higher, which is more common than in most similar areas. However, this is still well below the New South Wales average of 27.8%.
19.4% ▲ +34.7%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.4%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 19.4%
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 Greigs Flat, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 39%, followed by Bachelor degree (26%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (19%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in the area are spread across several fields, with Education being the most common at 14.6%, followed by Engineering and related studies at 13.5%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one primary school within 3km of the area, which is more than about 59% of similar places. This government-run school has a typical size of 257 students.
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).
257
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
994
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Greigs Flat
1 school — 257 students, average ICSEA 994.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Pambula Public School, Pambula | Government | Primary | 5.6 km | 257 | 994 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Greigs Flat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11781/greigs-flat/topic/education