44.2% —
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.0%
- 2021: 44.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Gum Scrub · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Gum Scrub
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Nearly half of all adults in Gum Scrub hold a Certificate III or IV, making it the most common qualification here. While many residents have completed vocational training, the area has much lower rates of university degrees and high school completion compared to the rest of the state.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 44.2% of people finished Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. About 37.9% of residents stopped their schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Gum Scrub, the largest group is Year 12 at 45%, followed by Year 10 (38%) and Year 9 or below (14%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The proportion of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is 11.1%, far below the national figure of 26.3%. Most qualified residents hold a Certificate III or IV, representing 49.2% of the group.
11.1% —
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 11.1%
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 Gum Scrub, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 56%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 25%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in the area are spread across several fields, led by management and commerce at 15.4% and engineering at 13.8%. Education, health, and architecture also make up over 10% each.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of this area, which is smaller than about 59% of similar places.
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Lower than 99% 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).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Gum Scrub [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11803/gum-scrub/topic/education