51.4% ▲ +8.3%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 47.4%
- 2016: 46.0%
- 2021: 51.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Loomberah · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Loomberah
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
More than half of residents in Loomberah have completed Year 12, which is higher than most similar areas. While the local community shows a strong trend toward finishing school, qualification levels remain well below the New South Wales and national figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 51.4% of people finished Year 12, a figure that sits well below the 58.9% seen across New South Wales. Other common outcomes include 31.9% finishing Year 10 and 6.8% leaving at Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Loomberah, Year 12 is the majority at 54%; Year 10 is next at 34%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Around 20% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is higher than most similar areas but well below the national figure of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 34.2% of residents.
20.0% ▲ +16.3%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.2%
- 2016: 17.4%
- 2021: 20.0%
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 Loomberah, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 40%, followed by Bachelor degree (27%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (21%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are management and commerce at 18.2%, followed by engineering and related fields at 14.5% and education at 12%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one government primary school in the area, which is smaller than most schools of its level. Its average advantage score sits around the middle for similar schools.
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).
159
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,003
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Loomberah
1 school — 159 students, average ICSEA 1,003.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Timbumburi Public School, Timbumburi | Government | Primary | 13.5 km | 159 | 1,003 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Loomberah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12395/loomberah/topic/education