38.8% ▲ +37.1%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.3%
- 2016: 31.2%
- 2021: 38.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Urunga · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Urunga
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer residents in Urunga have completed high school compared to most similar areas. Only 38.8% of people finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This trend is mirrored in higher education, where university degrees are much less common than in the rest of the state.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 38.8% of people finished Year 12, a figure far below the 58.8% national average. Around 32% of residents peaked at Year 10, while 14.6% left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Urunga, the largest group is Year 12 at 42%, followed by Year 10 (35%) and Year 9 or below (16%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 15.8% of the population, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 27.8%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 37% of residents.
15.8% ▲ +69.2%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 15.8%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →In Urunga, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 48%, followed by Bachelor degree (23%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (16%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification are engineering and related subjects at 14.5%, followed by management and commerce at 13.1%. Health and education are also prominent, at 11.3% and 10.2% respectively.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Urunga has a lower number of schools per 1,000 children than most similar areas. The local system is entirely government-run and consists only of primary schools, with an average school size of 179 students.
2.26
Lower than 67% 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).
179
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
974
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Urunga
1 school — 179 students, average ICSEA 974.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Urunga Public School, Urunga | Government | Primary | 4.0 km | 179 | 974 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Urunga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14079/urunga/topic/education