48.4% ▲ +30.3%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.2%
- 2016: 44.2%
- 2021: 48.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Grose Wold · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Grose Wold
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Grose Wold finished high school than the national average, with only 48.4% completing Year 12. This gap is a standout feature of the area's education profile. Despite this, there is a strong presence of trade and professional qualifications among adults.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Less than half of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the 58.8% seen across Australia. The most common highest school year reached is Year 12, followed by Year 10 at 35.4%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Grose Wold, the largest group is Year 12 at 49%, followed by Year 10 (36%) and Year 9 or below (9%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
While 19.8% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher—a rate higher than most similar areas—this is still well below the New South Wales figure of 27.8%. Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common, held by 36.9% of people.
19.8% ▲ +63.8%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 19.8%
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 Grose Wold, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 40%, followed by Bachelor degree (24%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (23%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for those with qualifications are engineering and related subjects at 18.3%, followed by management and commerce at 17.4%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Grose Wold has more schools per 1,000 children than most areas, with four schools located within 3 km. Three quarters of these schools are government run, and half are primary schools.
7.81
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
4
Higher than 71% 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).
396
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,002
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Grose Wold
4 schools — 1,582 students, average ICSEA 1,002.
By sector: Government 3 · Independent 1
By type: Primary 2 · Combined 1 · Secondary 1
| Grose View Public School, Grose Vale | Government | Primary | 1.3 km | 265 | 1,005 |
| Kuyper Christian School, Kurrajong | Independent | Combined | 3.9 km | 201 | 1,032 |
| Richmond North Public School, North Richmond | Government | Primary | 4.3 km | 309 | 984 |
| Colo High School, North Richmond | Government | Secondary | 4.5 km | 807 | 1,001 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Grose Wold [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11792/grose-wold/topic/education