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Woomargama · Suburb / Locality

Education & Qualifications in Woomargama

How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.

Typical for its area, Woomargama has an education profile that sits around the middle for similar places. However, it remains far below state and national figures, with only 12.5% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher.

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📍 Woomargama, Suburb / Locality

Where Woomargama sits — Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

12.5% ▼ -16.7%

All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Woomargama — lower than 59% of areas.

Woomargama12.5%
2644, NSW 13.7%
New South Wales 27.8%
Australia 26.3%

Schooling

Highest year of school completed.

Far fewer people in Woomargama finished high school compared to the rest of Australia, with only 43.4% completing Year 12. This is 15 points lower than the national figure.

Completed Year 12

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43.4% ▲ +15.0%

Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.

Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.

Highest year of school

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In Woomargama, the largest group is Year 12 at 44%, followed by Year 10 (28%) and Year 9 or below (18%).

Year 12 43.4% Year 10 27.9% Year 9 or below 17.6% Year 11 10.3%

Qualifications

Post-school qualifications and degrees.

Certificate III or IV is the most common qualification at 38.4%. The share of adults with a university degree is 12.5%, which is far below the 27.8% seen across New South Wales.

Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

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12.5% ▼ -16.7%

Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.

Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).

Highest qualification level

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In Woomargama, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 54%; Bachelor degree is next at 25%.

Certificate III / IV 38.4% Bachelor degree 17.4% Advanced diploma / diploma 11.6% Graduate diploma / certificate 3.5%

Field of study

What people studied.

Qualifications are spread across several fields, with health and management and commerce both at 14.0%, followed by agriculture and environment at 12.8%.

Schools

Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).

There are no schools within 3 km of the area, a situation seen in about 59% of similar places.

Schools within 3 km

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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).

Schools in and around Woomargama — hover a marker for details. Open the full map →

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
  • Australian Schools List — Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), 2025 (CC BY 4.0).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Woomargama [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14431/woomargama/topic/education