26.4% ▲ +42.7%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.5%
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 26.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Cullen Bullen · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Cullen Bullen
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Few residents in Cullen Bullen have finished high school, with only 26.4% completing Year 12. This creates a local profile where most adults have shorter formal schooling and a high number of vocational certificates rather than university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 26.4% of people finished Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales and Australian figures. The most common highest year of school completed here is Year 10, at 35%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Cullen Bullen, the largest group is Year 10 at 38%, followed by Year 12 (28%) and Year 9 or below (27%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are rare, with only 4.3% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher, far below the state and national rates. Instead, over half of the community (52.2%) hold a Certificate III or IV.
4.3% ▲ +100.0%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 4.3%
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 Cullen Bullen, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 73%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 15%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in this area are mostly focused on practical fields, with Engineering and related studies leading at 25.4%, followed by Management and commerce at 16.4%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area is served by one small government primary school with an average size of just 8 students. This is among the lowest school sizes for similar areas.
45.45
Higher than 99% 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).
8
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
790
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Cullen Bullen
1 school — 8 students, average ICSEA 790.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Cullen Bullen Public School, Cullen Bullen | Government | Primary | 3.2 km | 8 | 790 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Cullen Bullen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11149/cullen-bullen/topic/education