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Culburra Beach - Orient Point · Urban Centre

Education & Qualifications in Culburra Beach - Orient Point

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

More adults in Culburra Beach - Orient Point hold university degrees than in most similar areas. While 15.7% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher, this figure remains far below the national average.

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Where Culburra Beach - Orient Point sits — Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

15.7% ▲ +43.1%

All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Culburra Beach - Orient Point — higher than 71% of areas.

Culburra Beach - Orient Point15.7%
2540 crosses NSW/OT 14.3%
New South Wales 27.8%
Australia 26.3%

Schooling

Highest year of school completed.

Only 38.6% of people here finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This is an improvement on 2011, when the rate was 35.3%.

Completed Year 12

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38.6% ▲ +9.4%

Higher than 50% of urban centre areas.

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

Highest year of school

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In Culburra Beach - Orient Point, the largest group is Year 12 at 41%, followed by Year 10 (35%) and Year 9 or below (17%).

Year 12 38.6% Year 10 33.4% Year 9 or below 15.9% Year 11 6.9%

Qualifications

Post-school qualifications and degrees.

The most common high-level qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 41.2% of residents. Those with a bachelor degree or higher make up 15.7% of the area, a figure that rose 4.7 points since 2011.

Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

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15.7% ▲ +43.1%

Higher than 71% of urban centre 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 Culburra Beach - Orient Point, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 49%, followed by Bachelor degree (20%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (18%).

Certificate III / IV 41.2% Bachelor degree 16.9% Advanced diploma / diploma 15.2% Postgraduate degree 5.4% Graduate diploma / certificate 3.9% Certificate I / II 1.8%

Field of study

What people studied.

The most common fields of study for those with qualifications are engineering and related subjects at 19.4%, followed by management and commerce at 16.0%.

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 Culburra Beach - Orient Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115048/culburra-beach-orient-point/topic/education