23.3% —
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 23.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Greenwood · Suburb / Locality
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
One third of residents in Greenwood stopped their schooling at Year 10, which is the most common level of education for the area. While some adults hold high-level degrees, the place generally has far fewer people finishing secondary school than the state or national figures.
Highest year of school completed.
Only 23.3% of people finished Year 12, which is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1% and among the lowest levels for similar areas.
23.3% —
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
In Greenwood, the largest group is Year 10 at 45%, followed by Year 12 (32%) and Year 9 or below (23%).
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 18.5% of the population, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but still well below the national average of 26.3%.
18.5% —
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
In Greenwood, Bachelor degree is the majority at 100%.
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Natural & physical sciences at 0%, ahead of Information technology (0%).
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of the area, making it smaller than about 59% of similar places.
0
Lower than 99% 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).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Greenwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31247/greenwood/topic/education