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Education & Qualifications in Brooms Head

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

Higher qualification rates than many similar areas mark Brooms Head, though school completion remains low. While nearly 19% of adults hold a university degree, only 34.7% of residents finished Year 12.

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📍 Brooms Head, Suburb / Locality

Where Brooms Head sits — Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

18.9% ▲ +21.1%

All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Brooms Head — higher than 64% of areas.

Brooms Head18.9%
2463, NSW 13.5%
New South Wales 27.8%
Australia 26.3%

Schooling

Highest year of school completed.

Year 12 completion is far below the state and national figures, sitting at 34.7%. The most common highest year of schooling reached is Year 10, at 42.8%.

Completed Year 12

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34.7% ▲ +32.7%

Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.

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

Highest year of school

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In Brooms Head, the largest group is Year 10 at 44%, followed by Year 12 (36%) and Year 9 or below (15%).

Year 10 42.8% Year 12 34.7% Year 9 or below 14.4% Year 11 4.7%

Qualifications

Post-school qualifications and degrees.

The 18.9% of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is higher than most similar areas, although this is well below the national figure. Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common, held by 27% of people.

Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

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18.9% ▲ +21.1%

Higher than 64% of suburb / locality 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 Brooms Head, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 37%, followed by Bachelor degree (26%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (19%).

Certificate III / IV 27.0% Bachelor degree 19.1% Advanced diploma / diploma 13.8% Postgraduate degree 5.3% Graduate diploma / certificate 5.3% Certificate I / II 2.0%

Field of study

What people studied.

Qualifications in Brooms Head are most often in engineering and related fields at 15.1%, followed closely by education at 14.5%.

Schools

Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).

There are no schools within 3 km of the area, making it smaller than about 59% of similar areas in this regard.

Schools within 3 km

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Lower than 99% 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).

Schools in and around Brooms Head — hover a marker for details. Open the full map →

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
  • Australian Schools List — Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), 2025 (CC BY 4.0).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Brooms Head [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10600/brooms-head/topic/education