47.9% ▲ +3.8%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 46.1%
- 2016: 39.5%
- 2021: 47.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Oura · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Oura
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Education levels in Oura have remained relatively steady over the last decade, with 18% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. While this is higher than most similar areas, the community still sits well below the national figures for both university degrees and high school completion.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Fewer people have finished high school here than in the rest of the country. Just 47.9% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the national and state figures of around 59%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Oura, Year 12 is the majority at 55%; Year 10 is next at 23%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The typical highest qualification for residents is a Certificate III or IV at 27.8%. While 18% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher, this is well below the New South Wales average of 27.8%.
18.0% ▲ +2.1%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.6%
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 18.0%
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 Oura, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 40%, followed by Bachelor degree (31%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (15%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across several fields, with management and commerce being the most common at 16.7%, followed by engineering at 14.3% and architecture and building at 10.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools located within 3 km of the area, making it smaller than about 59% of similar areas in terms of local education facilities.
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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).
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Oura [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13113/oura/topic/education