38.1% —
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 36.2%
- 2021: 38.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Utungun · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Utungun
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A shift in educational attainment is visible in Utungun, where only 38.1% of residents completed Year 12. This is far below both the state and national figures, which sit around 59%. Higher education is also less common here, with the typical resident holding a certificate rather than a university degree.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the New South Wales figure, sitting at 38.1%. About 30.3% of people here finished Year 10, while 15.5% left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Utungun, the largest group is Year 12 at 42%, followed by Year 10 (33%) and Year 9 or below (17%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 12.6% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 41.8% of residents.
12.6% —
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 12.6%
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 Utungun, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 53%; Bachelor degree is next at 21%.
Field of study
What people studied.
For those with degrees or certificates, the most common fields of study are society and culture at 15.4% and engineering at 14.3%. Education and creative arts both account for 12.1% of qualifications.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of Utungun, which is a smaller number of facilities than about 59% of similar areas.
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Lower than 99% 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).
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Utungun [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14080/utungun/topic/education