33.7% ▼ -22.2%
Lower than 67% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 43.3%
- 2016: 32.9%
- 2021: 33.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Bombala · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Bombala
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 33.7% of people in Bombala have finished Year 12, a figure far below the national average. This reflects a broader trend toward lower formal schooling and qualification levels in the area compared to the rest of the state.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Far fewer residents have completed Year 12 than in most other areas, and this figure has fallen by 9.6 percentage points since 2011. About 28.5% of the population left school at Year 10, while 18.3% finished Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Bombala, the largest group is Year 12 at 38%, followed by Year 10 (32%) and Year 9 or below (21%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 10.2% of the population, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 27.8%. This proportion has fallen since 2011, and the most common qualification is now a Certificate III or IV at 36.4%.
10.2% ▼ -40.5%
Lower than 58% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.1%
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 10.2%
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 Bombala, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 51%; Bachelor degree is next at 19%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for those with qualifications are Engineering and related fields at 15.4%, followed by Management and Commerce at 11.2%.
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 Bombala [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115021/bombala/topic/education