28.4% ▲ +12.1%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.3%
- 2016: 24.9%
- 2021: 28.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Glenwood · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Glenwood
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Few residents in Glenwood have completed high school or university, which shapes a local workforce relying more on trade skills. Only 28.4% of people finished Year 12, a figure far below the national average. This reflects a community where practical qualifications are more common than academic degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Completing Year 12 is far less common here than in the rest of Australia, with only 28.4% doing so. The most frequent highest level of schooling reached is Year 10, at 35.7%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Glenwood, the largest group is Year 10 at 41%, followed by Year 12 (33%) and Year 9 or below (16%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are rare in Glenwood, as only 6.9% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. Instead, trade-based learning is the norm, with 42.1% of residents holding a Certificate III or IV.
6.9% ▲ +23.6%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.6%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 6.9%
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 Glenwood, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 61%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 17%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Those with qualifications in Glenwood most often studied engineering and related fields (18.4%) or society and culture (11.5%). Other common areas of study include management, commerce, architecture, and building.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one government primary school, which is much smaller than most others with an average size of 85 students. This school also has a much lower advantage score than those in most other similar areas.
3.91
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
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).
85
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
928
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Glenwood
1 school — 85 students, average ICSEA 928.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Glenwood State School, Glenwood | Government | Primary | 3.8 km | 85 | 928 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Glenwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31176/glenwood/topic/education