37.7% —
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 37.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Glenorchy · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Glenorchy
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Just 37.7% of people in Glenorchy have completed Year 12, a figure far below the national average. This gap is a key feature of the area's education profile, where school completion and higher qualifications are both significantly lower than across Queensland and Australia.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Completion of Year 12 is far below the national figure, with only 37.7% of residents finishing school. About 32.8% of people stopped after Year 10, while 19.7% left at Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Glenorchy, the largest group is Year 12 at 42%, followed by Year 10 (36%) and Year 9 or below (22%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 13.6% of the population, which is far below the 26.3% seen across Australia. Trade qualifications are more common here, with 39.5% of people holding a Certificate III or IV.
13.6% —
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 13.6%
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 Glenorchy, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 65%; Postgraduate degree is next at 22%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are Engineering and Education, each representing 18.4% of the total. Society and culture accounts for another 15.8% of qualifications.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area is served by one government primary school, which is much smaller than most other schools in similar areas. This school has an advantage score of 970, which is lower than most other areas.
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).
56
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
970
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Glenorchy
1 school — 56 students, average ICSEA 970.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Parke State School, Tinana South | Government | Primary | 4.6 km | 56 | 970 |
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Glenorchy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31169/glenorchy/topic/education