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Glen Innes · Urban Centre

Education & Qualifications in Glen Innes

How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.

Far fewer residents in Glen Innes have completed secondary school compared to the state average. Only 33.6% of people finished Year 12, which is a significant gap of 25 percentage points below both New South Wales and the national figure.

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Where Glen Innes sits — Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

10.2% ▼ -37.0%

All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Glen Innes — lower than 58% of areas.

Glen Innes10.2%
2370, NSW 11.3%
New South Wales 27.8%
Australia 26.3%

Schooling

Highest year of school completed.

School completion rates have dropped 11 points since 2011. This is lower than most areas, with 33.6% of people finishing Year 12 and another 32.4% reaching Year 10.

Completed Year 12

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33.6% ▼ -24.5%

Lower than 67% of urban centre areas.

Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.

Highest year of school

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Glen Innes splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (38%) and Year 10 (37%), with Year 9 or below at 18%.

Year 12 33.6% Year 10 32.4% Year 9 or below 16.3% Year 11 6.1%

Qualifications

Post-school qualifications and degrees.

Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 10.2% of the population, which is far below the 26.3% national figure. This proportion has fallen 6 points since 2011, and the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV at 34.6%.

Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

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10.2% ▼ -37.0%

Lower than 58% of urban centre areas.

Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).

Highest qualification level

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In Glen Innes, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 49%, followed by Bachelor degree (19%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (18%).

Certificate III / IV 34.6% Bachelor degree 13.4% Advanced diploma / diploma 12.5% Certificate I / II 4.1% Postgraduate degree 3.2% Graduate diploma / certificate 2.2%

Field of study

What people studied.

The most common fields of study for qualified residents are management and commerce at 13.9%, followed by health at 11.9% and society and culture at 11.6%.

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Glen Innes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL114011/glen-innes/topic/education