27.0% ▲ +34.0%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.1%
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 27.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Cumborah · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Cumborah
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Very few residents in Cumborah have finished high school, with only 27% completing Year 12. This is far below the national figure of 58.8%, reflecting a place where most adults have left school early.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 27% of people here finished Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. This is among the lowest levels for this qualification in the region.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Cumborah, the largest group is Year 10 at 36%, followed by Year 12 (29%) and Year 9 or below (28%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Bachelor degrees or higher are held by just 9.3% of adults, which is far below the national average of 26.3%. Instead, the most common top qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 44% of residents.
9.3% ▲ +316.3%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 9.3%
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 Cumborah, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 57%; Bachelor degree is next at 22%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for those with qualifications are engineering and related fields at 20%, followed by architecture and building as well as society and culture, both at 11%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of this area, which is a smaller number of facilities than about 59% of similar places.
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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).
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Cumborah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11159/cumborah/topic/education