76.8% ▲ +172.7%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 28.9%
- 2021: 76.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Googong · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Googong
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A massive shift in education levels has seen Googong become a highly qualified area since 2011. The percentage of people who finished Year 12 surged by 49 points in a decade, reaching 76.8% of the population. This rapid growth is matched by a significant rise in university degrees, making the area far more educated than the national average.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
High school completion is among the highest for similar areas, with 76.8% of residents finishing Year 12. This is far above the New South Wales figure of 58.9%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Googong, Year 12 is the majority at 80%; Year 10 is next at 12%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University qualifications are common here, with 35.6% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is well above the Australian average of 26.3% and rose 28 points since 2011.
35.6% ▲ +362.9%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 35.6%
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 Googong, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 33%, followed by Certificate III / IV (25%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (21%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are management and commerce at 25%, followed by society and culture at 14.1% and engineering at 12%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Googong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL114012/googong/topic/education