41.3% ▲ +36.5%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.3%
- 2016: 40.2%
- 2021: 41.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Quaama · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Quaama
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Education levels in Quaama have remained steady, though they sit well below state and national benchmarks. Only 41.3% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the Australian figure of 58.8%. This gap is reflected in the local qualifications, where university degrees are much less common than in the wider region.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
High school completion is far below the national figure, with only 41.3% of people finishing Year 12. Around 25.6% of residents stopped after Year 10, while 10.3% finished Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Quaama, the largest group is Year 12 at 48%, followed by Year 10 (30%) and Year 9 or below (12%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are far below New South Wales levels, with only 15.9% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 34.5% of people.
15.9% ▲ +18.6%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.4%
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 15.9%
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 Quaama, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 47%, followed by Bachelor degree (20%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for those with qualifications are society and culture at 15.2%, followed by management and commerce at 12.1% and engineering at 10.9%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Local schooling is centered on a single government primary school. With an average size of just 53 students, it is much smaller than most other schools, though the area has among the highest number of schools per 1,000 children.
27.03
Higher than 92% 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).
53
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
987
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Quaama
1 school — 53 students, average ICSEA 987.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Quaama Public School, Quaama | Government | Primary | 2.1 km | 53 | 987 |
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Quaama [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13298/quaama/topic/education