31.1% ▲ +7.8%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 26.4%
- 2021: 31.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Grong Grong · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Grong Grong
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Just 31.1% of people in Grong Grong have finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This gap in school completion is one of the most striking features of the area's education profile. While some adults have gone on to hold higher degrees, overall school and university qualifications are much lower than in the rest of the state.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion is far below the New South Wales average, with only 31.1% of people finishing Year 12. Around 27.8% of the population stopped at Year 10, and 13.4% left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →Grong Grong splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (41%) and Year 10 (36%), with Year 9 or below at 18%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 12.6% of the population, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. The most common qualification in the area is a Certificate III or IV, held by 33.6% of residents.
12.6% ▲ +20.2%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 12.6%
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 Grong Grong, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 48%, followed by Bachelor degree (23%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (13%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in the area are led by Agriculture and Environment at 16.4%, followed by Management and Commerce at 13.9% and Engineering at 11.5%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3km of the area, a situation that is more common here than in about 59% of similar places.
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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 Grong Grong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11790/grong-grong/topic/education