38.3% ▲ +19.3%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.1%
- 2016: 38.0%
- 2021: 38.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Comboyne · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Comboyne
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Education levels in Comboyne have remained largely unchanged over the last decade, though school completion stays low. Only 38.3% of people finished Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. This reflects a community where many residents left school earlier than the national average.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the national figure, with only 38.3% of residents reaching that milestone. A large portion of the community stopped after Year 10, which 33.2% of people did.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Comboyne, the largest group is Year 12 at 41%, followed by Year 10 (36%) and Year 9 or below (16%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Bachelor degrees or higher are held by 13.8% of adults, which is far below the New South Wales rate of 27.8%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 36% of residents.
13.8% ▲ +12.1%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 13.8%
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 Comboyne, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 49%, followed by Bachelor degree (23%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (15%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in this area are spread across several fields, with Health being the most common at 13.3%, followed by Society and Culture at 12.3% and Management and Commerce at 11.8%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has a high number of schools per child, but the typical school is very small with only 36 students. The local system is entirely government-run and consists only of primary schools.
16.39
Higher than 86% 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).
36
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
926
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Comboyne
1 school — 36 students, average ICSEA 926.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Comboyne Public School, Comboyne | Government | Primary | 1.0 km | 36 | 926 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Comboyne [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10992/comboyne/topic/education