33.6% ▲ +24.6%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.9%
- 2016: 30.0%
- 2021: 33.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Oberon · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Oberon
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer adults in Oberon have finished high school or university compared to most other areas. Only 33.6% of residents have completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This means a larger proportion of the local workforce relies on trade certificates rather than formal degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the New South Wales and national rates, with only 33.6% of people finishing. The most common highest year of school completed is Year 10 at 34.7%.
Highest year of school
View on map →Oberon splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (39%) and Year 12 (38%), with Year 9 or below at 17%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 10.3% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the Australian average of 26.3%. Instead, Certificate III or IV is the most common qualification, held by 37.8% of residents.
10.3% ▲ +55.3%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.6%
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 10.3%
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 Oberon, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 53%; Bachelor degree is next at 19%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification are Engineering and related subjects at 20.8%, followed by Management and commerce at 13.4% and Health at 9.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are more schools per 1,000 children than in most areas, with three schools within 3km of the centre. However, these schools are smaller and have a much lower average advantage score than most other areas.
5.24
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
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).
184
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
936
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Oberon
3 schools — 551 students, average ICSEA 936.
By sector: Government 2 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 2 · Secondary 1
| Oberon High School, Oberon | Government | Secondary | 0.8 km | 204 | 934 |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Oberon, Oberon | Catholic | Primary | 1.0 km | 129 | 968 |
| Oberon Public School, Oberon | Government | Primary | 1.2 km | 218 | 920 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Oberon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13079/oberon/topic/education