30.8% ▼ -8.0%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.5%
- 2016: 29.7%
- 2021: 30.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Glenormiston South · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Glenormiston South
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Just 30.8% of residents in Glenormiston South have completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This gap is a defining feature of the area's education profile, contributing to a much lower rate of school completion than most similar places.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below both the state and national figures. While 30.8% finished secondary school, another 22.4% reached Year 11, and 11.2% left at Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Glenormiston South, the largest group is Year 12 at 42%, followed by Year 11 (31%) and Year 9 or below (15%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 16.7% of the population, which is well below the Australian average. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 20% of residents.
16.7% ▲ +85.3%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Glenormiston South splits fairly evenly between Certificate III / IV (31%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (27%), with Bachelor degree at 20%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across several fields, with management, commerce, and society and culture both at 14.3%. Education and health are also common, at 12.9% and 10% respectively.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one primary school within 3km, which is a government school. This school is much smaller than most others, with an average size of just 25 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).
25
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
968
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Glenormiston South
1 school — 25 students, average ICSEA 968.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Noorat Primary School, Noorat | Government | Primary | 5.0 km | 25 | 968 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Glenormiston South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21043/glenormiston-south/topic/education