34.8% —
Lower than 78% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 31.2%
- 2021: 34.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Murrumbidgee · Council (LGA)
Education & Qualifications in Murrumbidgee
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common achievement for adults in Murrumbidgee, held by 34.1% of the population. The area has a much lower rate of school and university completion than most other regions. While figures are improving, only 34.8% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the New South Wales rate of 58.9%, though it rose 3.6 percentage points since 2016 to reach 34.8%. Roughly 29.8% of people in Murrumbidgee stopped their schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Murrumbidgee, the largest group is Year 12 at 39%, followed by Year 10 (34%) and Year 9 or below (16%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 11.0% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. This proportion has risen slightly since 2016, increasing by 1.8 percentage points.
11.0% —
Lower than 67% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 11.0%
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 Murrumbidgee, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 48%, followed by Bachelor degree (22%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in the area are spread across several fields, with the highest proportions in engineering and related fields at 16.0%, followed by management and commerce at 13.7%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Murrumbidgee has five schools with a total of 334 enrolments. While the average school size of 67 is much lower than most areas, there are 8.77 schools per 1,000 children, which is much higher than most other regions.
5
Lower than 68% of council (lga) areas.
Number of schools in the area.
8.77
Higher than 84% of council (lga) areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
334
Lower than 78% of council (lga) areas.
Total students enrolled across the area's schools.
67
Lower than 88% of council (lga) areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
936
Lower than 72% of council (lga) areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Murrumbidgee
5 schools — 334 students, average ICSEA 936.
By sector: Government 3 · Catholic 2
By type: Primary 4 · Combined 1
| Coleambally Central School, Coleambally | Government | Combined | — | 143 | 931 |
| Darlington Point Public School, Darlington Point | Government | Primary | — | 88 | 870 |
| St Joseph's Primary School, Jerilderie | Catholic | Primary | — | 46 | 1,011 |
| St Peter's Primary School, Coleambally | Catholic | Primary | — | 43 | 1,000 |
| Jerilderie Public School, Jerilderie | Government | Primary | — | 14 | 954 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Murrumbidgee [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA15560/murrumbidgee/topic/education