47.4% ▲ +14.5%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 41.4%
- 2016: 41.8%
- 2021: 47.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Timbumburi · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Timbumburi
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
About 29% of adults in Timbumburi hold a Certificate III or IV, the most common qualification in the area. While these trade certificates are common, the community generally has lower levels of formal schooling and degrees than the state and national averages.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 47.4% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales and national figures of around 59%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Timbumburi, the largest group is Year 12 at 44%, followed by Year 10 (32%) and Year 9 or below (13%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 16.8% of the population, a figure well below the Australian average of 26.3%.
16.8% ▼ -6.5%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.0%
- 2016: 20.7%
- 2021: 16.8%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Timbumburi splits fairly evenly between Certificate III / IV (36%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (33%), with Bachelor degree at 31%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across several fields, with health at 22.1% and management and commerce at 20.6% being the most frequent.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area is served by one government primary school, which is smaller than most schools but provides a high number of schools per 1,000 children.
41.67
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).
159
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,003
Higher 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 Timbumburi
1 school — 159 students, average ICSEA 1,003.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Timbumburi Public School, Timbumburi | Government | Primary | 2.4 km | 159 | 1,003 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Timbumburi [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13887/timbumburi/topic/education