40.8% ▲ +32.0%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.9%
- 2016: 35.6%
- 2021: 40.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Goulburn · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Goulburn
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer people in Goulburn have finished high school compared to most similar areas. Only 40.8% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the national and state figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. About 29.6% of residents stopped at Year 10, while 13.4% finished Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Goulburn, the largest group is Year 12 at 45%, followed by Year 10 (33%) and Year 9 or below (15%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 14% of the population, which is far below the 26.3% national average. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 35.7% of people.
14.0% ▲ +55.8%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 14.0%
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 Goulburn, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 47%, followed by Bachelor degree (21%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (19%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for qualified residents are management and commerce at 15.8%, followed by society and culture at 13.3% and engineering at 12.7%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are 15 schools within 3km, more than 86% of similar areas. Most of these are government primary schools, though the average school advantage score is lower than most areas.
3.42
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
15
Higher than 86% 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).
318
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
973
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Goulburn
15 schools — 4,777 students, average ICSEA 973.
By sector: Government 10 · Catholic 3 · Independent 2
By type: Primary 10 · Secondary 3 · Combined 2
| Tambelin Independent School, Goulburn | Independent | Primary | 0.6 km | 39 | 1,091 |
| St Joseph's Primary School, Goulburn North | Catholic | Primary | 0.9 km | 308 | 1,040 |
| Goulburn Public School, Goulburn | Government | Primary | 0.9 km | 181 | 896 |
| Goulburn North Public School, Goulburn North | Government | Primary | 1.0 km | 188 | 919 |
| Goulburn High School, Goulburn | Government | Secondary | 1.2 km | 648 | 943 |
| Wollondilly Public School, Goulburn | Government | Primary | 1.2 km | 387 | 975 |
| The Crescent School, Goulburn | Government | Combined | 1.2 km | 77 | 911 |
| Mulwaree High School, Goulburn | Government | Secondary | 1.9 km | 819 | 951 |
| Goulburn South Public School, Goulburn | Government | Primary | 2.0 km | 160 | 905 |
| Goulburn East Public School, Goulburn | Government | Primary | 2.1 km | 148 | 966 |
| Trinity Catholic College Goulburn, Goulburn | Catholic | Secondary | 2.3 km | 714 | 1,025 |
| Saints Peter and Paul's Primary School, Goulburn | Catholic | Primary | 2.6 km | 366 | 1,033 |
| Goulburn West Public School, Goulburn | Government | Primary | 2.6 km | 373 | 978 |
| Bradfordville Public School, Goulburn | Government | Primary | 2.8 km | 312 | 951 |
| OneSchool Global NSW - Goulburn, Goulburn | Independent | Combined | 3.0 km | 57 | 971 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Goulburn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11731/goulburn/topic/education