30.0% ▼ -13.9%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.8%
- 2016: 31.9%
- 2021: 30.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Towamba · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Towamba
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Lower levels of formal schooling and degrees shape daily life in Towamba, where only 30% of residents have completed Year 12. This is far below the national figure of 58.8%, making it a place where many people leave school early or hold trade certificates instead of university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Just 30% of people here finished Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales average of 58.9%. Nearly 20% of the population left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →Towamba splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (37%) and Year 10 (33%), with Year 9 or below at 24%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are uncommon here, with only 10.3% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the national figure of 26.3%, while Certificate III or IV qualifications are more common at 31.8%.
10.3% ▲ +8.5%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 10.3%
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 Towamba, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 51%; Bachelor degree is next at 18%.
Field of study
What people studied.
People with qualifications in Towamba most often studied engineering and related fields at 15.2%, followed by society and culture at 14.4%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has a high number of schools per child, though they are among the smallest in the region with a typical size of 23 students. There is only one primary school, which is run by the government.
26.32
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).
23
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
958
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Towamba
1 school — 23 students, average ICSEA 958.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Towamba Public School, Towamba | Government | Primary | 3.0 km | 23 | 958 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Towamba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13945/towamba/topic/education