22.0% ▼ -32.3%
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.5%
- 2016: 25.2%
- 2021: 22.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Quambone · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Quambone
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people have completed high school or university in Quambone compared to most similar areas. Only 22% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This pattern of lower formal schooling is reflected in the qualification levels across the area.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 22% of people completed Year 12, a figure far below the New South Wales average of 58.9%. Year 10 is the most common highest year of schooling for those who didn't finish high school, at 23%.
Highest year of school
View on map →Quambone splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (37%) and Year 12 (35%), with Year 9 or below at 22%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are rare here, with only 7.2% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the national figure of 26.3%, while the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV at 22.8%.
7.2% ▼ -23.0%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 7.2%
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 Quambone, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 57%; Bachelor degree is next at 30%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for those with qualifications are management and commerce and society and culture, both at 12.3%, followed by education at 10.5%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Quambone has one government primary school, which is among the smallest and lowest-scoring for advantage compared to similar areas. However, with 38.46 schools per 1,000 children, this is among the highest levels for its size.
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).
8
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
826
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Quambone
1 school — 8 students, average ICSEA 826.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Quambone Public School, Quambone | Government | Primary | 3.9 km | 8 | 826 |
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Quambone [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13300/quambone/topic/education