37.4% ▲ +28.0%
Lower than 54% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 29.2%
- 2016: 31.3%
- 2021: 37.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Geurie · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Geurie
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Nearly half of qualified adults in Geurie hold a Certificate III or IV. While more people have finished high school than in 2011, the area still has much lower rates of formal schooling and university degrees compared to the rest of the state.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 37.4% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. This result is around the middle for similar areas, though the proportion of school leavers has risen by 8.2 points since 2011.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Geurie, the largest group is Year 12 at 42%, followed by Year 10 (37%) and Year 9 or below (15%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is less common here, with just 9.3% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the national figure of 26.3% and has fallen slightly by 1.1 points over the last decade.
9.3% ▼ -10.4%
Lower than 65% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 9.3%
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 Geurie, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 59%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 18%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are Engineering (16.8%) and Management and commerce (13.7%). Other notable areas of study include Society and culture at 11.1% and Education at 10.6%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
More for Geurie
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Geurie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122059/geurie/topic/education