33.0% ▲ +20.2%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.4%
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 33.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Bombala · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Bombala
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 33% of adults in Bombala have completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This means many residents left school early, contributing to a local workforce with fewer formal degrees than in most other Australian areas.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
The proportion of people finishing Year 12 is far below the New South Wales and Australian averages, with 30.4% of residents reaching Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →Bombala splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (37%) and Year 10 (34%), with Year 9 or below at 19%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Just 10.4% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far below the state and national averages. Instead, the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 39.3% of residents.
10.4% ▲ +34.0%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.8%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 10.4%
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 Bombala, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 53%; Bachelor degree is next at 19%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for those with qualifications are engineering and related subjects at 18.7%, followed by management and commerce at 10.2%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Bombala has 12.77 schools per 1,000 children, which is much higher than most areas. These schools are typically smaller than average, with a typical size of 108 students.
12.77
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
3
Higher than 67% 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).
108
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
941
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Bombala
3 schools — 323 students, average ICSEA 941.
By sector: Government 2 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 2 · Secondary 1
| St Joseph's Primary School, Bombala | Catholic | Primary | 2.1 km | 71 | 991 |
| Bombala High School, Bombala | Government | Secondary | 3.4 km | 148 | 946 |
| Bombala Public School, Bombala | Government | Primary | 3.5 km | 104 | 899 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Bombala [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10454/bombala/topic/education