38.5% ▲ +14.2%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.7%
- 2016: 29.9%
- 2021: 38.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Gresford · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Gresford
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 38.5% of residents in Gresford finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This lower rate of formal schooling is mirrored in the qualifications of adults, where higher education is much less common than in other areas.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Fewer people here finished high school compared to most areas, with 38.5% completing Year 12. This is far below the 58.9% seen across New South Wales.
Highest year of school
View on map →Gresford splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (39%) and Year 10 (36%), with Year 9 or below at 16%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 9.6% of the population, far below the 26.3% national figure. Instead, a large proportion of residents hold a Certificate III or IV.
9.6% ▲ +32.2%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 9.6%
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 Gresford, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 55%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 21%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common qualifications in the area are in engineering and related fields at 17.8%, followed by management and commerce at 15.9% and health at 14%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Gresford has a high number of schools per child, but these are much smaller and have a lower advantage score than most areas. The local system is entirely government-run and focused on primary education.
16.39
Higher than 86% 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).
53
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
936
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Gresford
1 school — 53 students, average ICSEA 936.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Gresford Public School, Gresford | Government | Primary | 4.2 km | 53 | 936 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Gresford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11783/gresford/topic/education