27.4% ▲ +37.2%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.0%
- 2016: 25.7%
- 2021: 27.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Doonbah · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Doonbah
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer residents in Doonbah finished high school than in most similar areas. Only 27.4% of people completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This gap is reflected in the qualification levels, where the proportion of adults with a university degree is also much lower than the state average.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is very low at 27.4%, sitting 31 points below New South Wales. The most common highest year of school finished here is Year 10, at 37.2%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Doonbah, the largest group is Year 10 at 40%, followed by Year 12 (29%) and Year 9 or below (23%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 12.7% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the 26.3% national figure. Instead, the most common qualifications are Certificate III or IV, held by 32.3% of residents.
12.7% ▲ +237.8%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 12.7%
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 Doonbah, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 40%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (25%) and Bachelor degree (21%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are management and commerce at 21.1%, followed closely by engineering and related fields at 20.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are two primary schools within 3 km, which is more than about 66% of similar areas. These schools are smaller than most and have a lower average advantage score than most areas.
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).
90
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
951
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Doonbah
2 schools — 180 students, average ICSEA 951.
By sector: Government 1 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 2
| Woodburn Public School, Woodburn | Government | Primary | 3.6 km | 97 | 922 |
| St Joseph's Primary School, Woodburn | Catholic | Primary | 3.8 km | 83 | 984 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Doonbah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11276/doonbah/topic/education