41.0% ▲ +23.8%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.1%
- 2016: 35.7%
- 2021: 41.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Narooma · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Narooma
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Narooma finished high school compared to most similar areas. Only 41% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This pattern of lower formal schooling extends into adult qualifications, with a smaller proportion of the community holding university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Completing Year 12 is far below the state and national rates, with 41% of people reaching this milestone. In contrast, 28.8% of residents left school after Year 10, and 13.5% finished in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Narooma, the largest group is Year 12 at 45%, followed by Year 10 (32%) and Year 9 or below (15%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 15% of the population, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 27.8%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 34% of residents.
15.0% ▲ +35.2%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 15.0%
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 Narooma, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 45%, followed by Bachelor degree (23%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (20%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are management and commerce at 15.5%, followed by engineering and related fields at 13.2% and society and culture at 10.2%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Narooma has more schools per 1,000 children and larger average school sizes than most areas, though its average school advantage score is much lower. All local schools are government run, split evenly between primary and secondary types.
6.12
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
2
Higher than 62% 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).
424
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
945
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Narooma
2 schools — 847 students, average ICSEA 945.
By sector: Government 2
By type: Secondary 1 · Primary 1
| Narooma High School, Narooma | Government | Secondary | 3.2 km | 463 | 936 |
| Narooma Public School, Narooma | Government | Primary | 4.7 km | 384 | 956 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Narooma [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12909/narooma/topic/education