58.1% —
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 48.6%
- 2021: 58.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Cullerin · Suburb / Locality
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of over 4 percentage points separates Cullerin from the New South Wales average for university degrees. While 23.5% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher—a figure much higher than in most similar areas—this remains well below the state and national levels.
Highest year of school completed.
About 58.1% of residents have completed Year 12, which is about the same as the Australian and New South Wales figures. This result is much higher than in most similar areas.
58.1% —
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
In Cullerin, Year 12 is the majority at 62%; Year 10 is next at 24%.
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The usual qualification is a bachelor degree or a Certificate III or IV, with both accounting for 23.8% of adults. This mix of degrees and trade certificates is much more common here than in similar areas.
23.5% —
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Cullerin splits fairly evenly between Bachelor degree (31%) and Certificate III / IV (31%), with Graduate diploma / certificate at 19%.
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across several fields, with health and management and commerce both representing 23.8% of the total. Education, engineering, and agriculture each make up 14.3% of degrees and certificates.
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3km of the area, which is a more common situation than in about 59% of similar areas.
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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).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Cullerin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11152/cullerin/topic/education