36.9% ▲ +30.0%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.4%
- 2016: 34.6%
- 2021: 36.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Pambula · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Pambula
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Certificate III and IV qualifications are the most common achievement for adults in Pambula, held by 38.7% of the population. This is a place where fewer people finished high school compared to the rest of the country. Only 36.9% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion is far below the state and national rates, with 36.9% of people finishing Year 12. This is lower than most similar areas.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Pambula, the largest group is Year 12 at 40%, followed by Year 10 (31%) and Year 9 or below (18%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 13.3% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 27.8%. This level of qualification is around the middle for similar areas.
13.3% ▲ +54.8%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 13.3%
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 Pambula, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 49%, followed by Bachelor degree (22%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification include management and commerce at 13.8%, followed by engineering at 13.2% and society and culture at 12.6%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Pambula has 13.89 schools per 1,000 children, which is much higher than most areas. The average school advantage score of 1,020 is also higher than in most similar places.
13.89
Higher than 81% 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).
334
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,020
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Pambula
3 schools — 1,001 students, average ICSEA 1,020.
By sector: Government 1 · Independent 1 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 1 · Secondary 1 · Combined 1
| Pambula Public School, Pambula | Government | Primary | 0.6 km | 257 | 994 |
| Pambula Beach Flexible School, Pambula | Independent | Secondary | 1.3 km | 52 | 888 |
| Lumen Christi Catholic College, Pambula Beach | Catholic | Combined | 2.2 km | 692 | 1,040 |
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Pambula [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13151/pambula/topic/education