49.1% ▲ +0.5%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 48.8%
- 2016: 51.1%
- 2021: 49.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Numbugga · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Numbugga
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
More than a quarter of adults in Numbugga hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas. While a high proportion of people hold university degrees, fewer residents finished Year 12 compared to the state and national figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Fewer people here finished high school than in the rest of the country, with 49.1% completing Year 12. This is well below the New South Wales and Australian figures, which both sit around 59%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Numbugga, Year 12 is the majority at 61%; Year 10 is next at 26%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The typical resident is well qualified, as 26.1% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher. This is about the same as the national figure of 26.3% and just a little below the state average.
26.1% ▲ +8.5%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.1%
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 26.1%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Numbugga splits fairly evenly between Advanced diploma / diploma (30%) and Bachelor degree (28%), with Certificate III / IV at 19%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in Numbugga are spread across several fields, with education and management and commerce both being the most common at 17.6%. Health is also a frequent field of study at 16.2%.
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 areas.
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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 Numbugga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13049/numbugga/topic/education