51.6% ▲ +2.1%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 50.6%
- 2016: 63.0%
- 2021: 51.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Curramore · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Curramore
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Higher qualification levels than most similar areas define Curramore, where 31.6% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. This high level of tertiary education stands in contrast to school completion rates, which are well below the state and national figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 51.6% of residents finished Year 12, which is well below the 58.9% figure for New South Wales and the 58.8% national average. Roughly 26.9% of people stopped their schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Curramore, Year 12 is the majority at 55%; Year 10 is next at 29%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
A bachelor degree or higher is held by 31.6% of adults, a figure well above the 26.3% national average. Certificate III or IV qualifications are also common, held by 29.4% of residents.
31.6% ▲ +1.3%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.1%
- 2016: 31.3%
- 2021: 31.6%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Curramore splits fairly evenly between Bachelor degree (38%) and Certificate III / IV (33%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 14%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in this area are spread across several fields, led by Engineering and related studies at 18.3%, followed by Education at 15.9% and Management and commerce at 14.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are two primary schools within 3 km of the area, which is more than 66% of similar places. Both are government schools with an average size of 383 students.
2
Higher than 62% 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).
383
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
993
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Curramore
2 schools — 766 students, average ICSEA 993.
By sector: Government 2
By type: Primary 2
| Jamberoo Public School, Jamberoo | Government | Primary | 2.5 km | 131 | 1,045 |
| Mount Terry Public School, Albion Park | Government | Primary | 3.7 km | 635 | 982 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Curramore [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11175/curramore/topic/education