22.4% ▼ -23.0%
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.1%
- 2016: 17.5%
- 2021: 22.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Pomona · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Pomona
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common achievement in Pomona, where 34.2% of adults hold one. This area has far fewer people finishing high school or earning university degrees compared to the state and national figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 22.4% of residents have completed Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. This is among the lowest rates for this level of schooling across similar areas.
Highest year of school
View on map →Pomona splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (32%) and Year 12 (30%), with Year 9 or below at 21%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
A bachelor degree or higher is held by just 4.3% of adults, a figure far below the Australian average of 26.3%. This is much lower than most other areas.
4.3% ▼ -58.9%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 4.3%
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 Pomona, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 55%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 23%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are Engineering and related services at 9.2%, followed by Agriculture and environment at 7.9%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The local primary school is small, with an average size of 19 students and an advantage score much lower than most areas. While the area has a high number of schools per 1,000 children, only one government primary school is located within 3 km.
38.46
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
1
Lower than 57% 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).
19
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
929
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Pomona
1 school — 19 students, average ICSEA 929.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Pomona Public School, Pomona | Government | Primary | 0.7 km | 19 | 929 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Pomona [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13252/pomona/topic/education