24.0% ▼ -9.5%
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.6%
- 2016: 28.3%
- 2021: 24.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Karumba · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Karumba
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Forty-one percent of adults in Karumba hold a Certificate III or IV, which is the most common qualification. The area has very low levels of formal schooling and university degrees compared to the rest of the country.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 24% of residents finished Year 12, a figure far below the national average. The most common highest year of schooling completed is Year 10, reached by 37.5% of people.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Karumba, the largest group is Year 10 at 43%, followed by Year 12 (27%) and Year 9 or below (22%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is uncommon here, with just 8.5% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the 26.3% seen across Australia.
8.5% ▲ +69.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 8.5%
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 Karumba, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 58%; Bachelor degree is next at 17%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are Engineering and related services at 28.8%, followed by Management and commerce at 11.9%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Local schooling is provided by a single government primary school. While the area has a high number of schools per 1,000 children, these schools are among the smallest and have some of the lowest advantage scores.
24.39
Higher than 91% 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).
15
Lower than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
885
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Karumba
1 school — 15 students, average ICSEA 885.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Karumba State School, Karumba | Government | Primary | 3.5 km | 15 | 885 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Karumba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31492/karumba/topic/education