35.1% ▲ +9.7%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.0%
- 2016: 33.0%
- 2021: 35.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Attunga · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Attunga
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer residents in Attunga have finished high school compared to other parts of the country, which shapes the local skill set. Only 35.1% of people completed Year 12, a figure far below the national average. This trend is mirrored in the number of university degrees held by adults.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the New South Wales figure at 35.1%, while 37.2% of residents peaked at Year 10. These figures are much lower than most similar areas.
Highest year of school
View on map →Attunga splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (41%) and Year 12 (39%), with Year 9 or below at 12%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 9.9% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. Instead, the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 46.4% of residents.
9.9% ▲ +19.6%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.3%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 9.9%
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 Attunga, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 58%; Bachelor degree is next at 18%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for qualified residents are engineering and related fields at 13.4%, followed by management and commerce at 13%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Attunga has a very high number of schools per 1,000 children, though these are mostly small government primary schools. The average school size of 39 is much lower than most areas.
9.62
Higher than 74% 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).
39
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
908
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Attunga
1 school — 39 students, average ICSEA 908.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Attunga Public School, Attunga | Government | Primary | 3.6 km | 39 | 908 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Attunga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10106/attunga/topic/education