48.6% ▲ +32.7%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.6%
- 2016: 41.7%
- 2021: 48.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Pumpenbil · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Pumpenbil
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Higher education levels have shifted in Pumpenbil, where 21.6% of adults now hold a bachelor degree or higher. While this is higher than most similar areas, the community generally has fewer people finishing high school compared to the state and national figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 48.6% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales and Australian figures of around 59%. About 26.2% of the population finished Year 10 as their last year of school.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Pumpenbil, Year 12 is the majority at 52%; Year 10 is next at 28%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are less common here than in the wider state, with the typical resident holding a Certificate III or IV (30.1%). Bachelor degrees make up 19.2% of the highest qualifications held by adults.
21.6% ▲ +41.1%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.3%
- 2016: 21.6%
- 2021: 21.6%
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 Pumpenbil, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 38%, followed by Bachelor degree (24%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (19%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in this area are spread across several fields, led by Engineering and related subjects at 16.4%, followed by Management and commerce at 13%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one government primary school within 3km, which is small with an average size of just 13 students.
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).
13
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
978
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Pumpenbil
1 school — 13 students, average ICSEA 978.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Tyalgum Public School, Tyalgum | Government | Primary | 5.6 km | 13 | 978 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Pumpenbil [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13285/pumpenbil/topic/education