29.1% ▲ +39.8%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.8%
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 29.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Gulargambone · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Gulargambone
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer than 30% of people in Gulargambone have finished Year 12, a figure far below the state and national averages. This gap in schooling is mirrored in higher education, where the number of adults with a university degree is much lower than in most other areas.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 29.1% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. The most common highest level of schooling reached is Year 10, at 35.7%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Gulargambone, the largest group is Year 10 at 42%, followed by Year 12 (34%) and Year 9 or below (16%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 9.4% of the population, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. Certificate III or IV is the most common qualification, held by 29.1% of residents.
9.4% ▲ +104.9%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.6%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 9.4%
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 Gulargambone, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 50%, followed by Bachelor degree (26%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in the area are spread across several fields, with education (11.7%) and health (10.2%) being the most common, followed by agriculture and environment at 9.2%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Gulargambone has 9.52 schools per 1,000 children, which is much higher than most areas. There is one government-run combined school, which is smaller than most other schools across similar areas.
9.52
Higher than 74% 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).
104
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
693
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Gulargambone
1 school — 104 students, average ICSEA 693.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Combined 1
| Gulargambone Central School, Gulargambone | Government | Combined | 5.8 km | 104 | 693 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Gulargambone [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11798/gulargambone/topic/education