33.2% ▲ +18.3%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 32.0%
- 2021: 33.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Guyra · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Guyra
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 33.2% of residents in Guyra have completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This means a higher proportion of people here leave school early compared to most other Australian areas.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Just over a third of the population finished Year 12, while 27.8% stopped at Year 10. This is far below the New South Wales average of 58.9%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Guyra, the largest group is Year 12 at 41%, followed by Year 10 (34%) and Year 9 or below (19%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are less common here, with only 10.3% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the national figure of 26.3%, while Certificate III or IV is the most common qualification at 31.5%.
10.3% ▲ +35.3%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 10.3%
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 Guyra, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 51%; Bachelor degree is next at 21%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for those with qualifications are management and commerce at 11.3%, followed by engineering at 10.6%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Guyra has 5.32 schools per 1,000 children, which is higher than most areas, though the typical school is smaller than average. Two-thirds of the schools are government-run primary schools.
5.32
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
3
Higher than 67% 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).
132
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
917
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Guyra
3 schools — 396 students, average ICSEA 917.
By sector: Government 2 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 2 · Combined 1
| St Mary of the Angels Primary School, Guyra | Catholic | Primary | 4.7 km | 72 | 1,008 |
| Guyra Central School, Guyra | Government | Combined | 5.1 km | 292 | 889 |
| Bald Blair Public School, Guyra | Government | Primary | 15.4 km | 32 | 969 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Guyra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11829/guyra/topic/education