36.3% ▲ +12.3%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.3%
- 2016: 34.7%
- 2021: 36.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Currabubula · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Currabubula
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common achievement in Currabubula, held by 38.6% of adults. This area has far fewer university degrees and lower school completion rates than the state and national figures. While the typical resident is less likely to have finished Year 12, the area provides a high number of schools for its children.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 36.3% of residents have completed Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales and Australian figures of around 59%. The most common highest year of school completed is Year 10 at 37.4%.
Highest year of school
View on map →Currabubula splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (39%) and Year 12 (38%), with Year 9 or below at 13%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 11.2% of the population, a figure far below the 27.8% seen in New South Wales. Besides certificates, diplomas are the next most common qualification at 13.3%.
11.2% ▲ +36.3%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 11.2%
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 Currabubula, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 54%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 19%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in the area are most often in engineering and related fields at 14.6%, followed by health at 12.7% and management and commerce at 11.4%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are 16.13 schools per 1,000 children, which is much higher than most similar areas. The local schools are exclusively government primary schools, and they are typically much smaller than those in other areas with an average size of 24 students.
16.13
Higher than 85% 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).
24
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
953
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Currabubula
1 school — 24 students, average ICSEA 953.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Currabubula Public School, Currabubula | Government | Primary | 7.2 km | 24 | 953 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Currabubula [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11173/currabubula/topic/education