32.9% —
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 44.3%
- 2021: 32.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Goolma · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Goolma
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Goolma have completed high school or university than in most other similar areas. Only 32.9% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This suggests an area where formal higher education is less common than in the rest of the state.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 32.9% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. The most common highest year of schooling is Year 10, reached by 35.4% of people.
Highest year of school
View on map →Goolma splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (38%) and Year 12 (35%), with Year 9 or below at 23%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 6.1% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a result far below the Australian average of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 45.6% of residents.
6.1% —
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 6.1%
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 Goolma, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 67%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 21%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most popular fields of qualification are agriculture and environment at 19.3%, followed by engineering and related fields at 12.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one government primary school within 3km, though it is among the smallest in the region with an average size of just two students. This school has an advantage score of 928, which is much lower than most other areas.
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).
2
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
928
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Goolma
1 school — 2 students, average ICSEA 928.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Goolma Public School, Goolma | Government | Primary | 7.8 km | 2 | 928 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Goolma [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11713/goolma/topic/education