34.8% —
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.5%
- 2021: 34.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Numbaa · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Numbaa
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 34.8% of residents in Numbaa completed Year 12, which is far below the national and state figures. This gap in school completion is mirrored in higher education, where university degrees are much less common than in the rest of the country.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the national figure of 58.8%, and the most common highest year of school reached here is Year 10, at 37.1%.
Highest year of school
View on map →Numbaa splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (43%) and Year 12 (41%), with Year 9 or below at 12%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 14.9% of the population, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 27.8%. The most common qualification held is a Certificate III or IV, at 34.3%.
14.9% —
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 14.9%
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 Numbaa, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 51%; Bachelor degree is next at 31%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are most often held in Agriculture and Environment and Health, both at 17.9%, followed by Management and Commerce at 10.4%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are three government primary schools within 3 km, which is more than 70% of similar areas. These schools are smaller than most, with an average size of 127 students.
3
Higher than 67% 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).
127
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
996
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Numbaa
3 schools — 382 students, average ICSEA 996.
By sector: Government 3
By type: Primary 3
| Terara Public School, Terara | Government | Primary | 4.8 km | 96 | 1,009 |
| Greenwell Point Public School, Greenwell Point | Government | Primary | 5.6 km | 106 | 943 |
| Shoalhaven Heads Public School, Shoalhaven Heads | Government | Primary | 6.0 km | 180 | 1,021 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Numbaa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13046/numbaa/topic/education