42.8% ▲ +30.7%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.7%
- 2016: 37.2%
- 2021: 42.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Murwillumbah · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Murwillumbah
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Middle-of-the-road rankings for similar areas hide a gap in formal schooling for Murwillumbah, where only 42.8% of people finished Year 12. This is far below the New South Wales and national figures, which both sit around 59%.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Less than half of residents completed Year 12, a result far below the state and national averages. About 28.1% of people stopped at Year 10, while 12.1% left school at Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Murwillumbah, the largest group is Year 12 at 47%, followed by Year 10 (31%) and Year 9 or below (13%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are less common here than in most of the country, with only 16.5% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is well below the national figure of 26.3%, while the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV at 33.2%.
16.5% ▲ +58.9%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 16.5%
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 Murwillumbah, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 43%, followed by Bachelor degree (25%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in the area are spread across various fields, led by management and commerce at 12.8% and society and culture at 11.8%. Engineering, health, and education also make up significant portions of the local skill set.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Families have good access to education with 12 schools within 3 km, which is more than 84% of similar areas. Half of these schools are government-run, and they have an average advantage score of 1,023, which is higher than most areas.
6.49
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
12
Higher than 82% 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).
251
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,023
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Murwillumbah
12 schools — 3,017 students, average ICSEA 1,023.
By sector: Government 6 · Independent 3 · Catholic 3
By type: Primary 7 · Secondary 3 · Combined 2
| Murwillumbah Public School, Murwillumbah | Government | Primary | 0.9 km | 149 | 959 |
| Tweed Valley Adventist College, Murwillumbah | Independent | Combined | 0.9 km | 381 | 1,039 |
| Murwillumbah High School, Murwillumbah | Government | Secondary | 1.0 km | 347 | 950 |
| Sathya Sai College, Murwillumbah | Independent | Primary | 1.1 km | 280 | 1,046 |
| Mount St Patrick College, Murwillumbah | Catholic | Secondary | 1.3 km | 823 | 1,071 |
| Mount St Patrick Primary School, Murwillumbah | Catholic | Primary | 1.3 km | 373 | 1,061 |
| The Small School, Murwillumbah | Independent | Combined | 1.4 km | 67 | 1,071 |
| St Joseph's Primary School, South Murwillumbah | Catholic | Primary | 1.8 km | 161 | 1,011 |
| Wollumbin High School, Murwillumbah | Government | Secondary | 2.0 km | 161 | 938 |
| Murwillumbah East Public School, Murwillumbah | Government | Primary | 2.5 km | 152 | 935 |
| Dungay Public School, Dungay | Government | Primary | 4.5 km | 74 | 980 |
| Condong Public School, Condong | Government | Primary | 5.6 km | 49 | 948 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Murwillumbah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12877/murwillumbah/topic/education