30.5% ▲ +15.9%
Lower than 77% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.3%
- 2016: 35.7%
- 2021: 30.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Culcairn · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Culcairn
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Just 30.5% of Culcairn residents finished Year 12, a figure far below the state and national averages. While school completion has improved slightly since 2011, high school and vocational qualifications remain the most common achievements here.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion is much lower than in most similar areas, with only 30.5% of people finishing Year 12. The most common highest year of schooling is Year 10, completed by 30.8% of residents.
Highest year of school
View on map →Culcairn splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (35%) and Year 12 (34%), with Year 9 or below at 19%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The proportion of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is 10.8%, which is far below the New South Wales figure. Most qualified adults hold a Certificate III or IV, accounting for 41.2% of the community.
10.8% ▲ +37.2%
Lower than 54% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 10.8%
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 Culcairn, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 53%; Bachelor degree is next at 18%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in Culcairn are spread across various fields, with Engineering and related studies being the most common at 15.6%. Health (12.5%) and Society and Culture (12.3%) are also prominent areas of study.
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 Culcairn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115049/culcairn/topic/education