27.5% ▼ -46.1%
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 51.1%
- 2016: 72.6%
- 2021: 27.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Gilgandra · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Gilgandra
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 27.5% of people in Gilgandra finished Year 12, a figure that is far below the national average. This reflects a broader trend in the area where school and university qualifications have both declined significantly over the last decade.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion rates have dropped 24 points since 2011, leaving Gilgandra far below the New South Wales figure. Currently, 30.9% of residents identify Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →Gilgandra splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (36%) and Year 12 (32%), with Year 9 or below at 24%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are much less common here than in most areas, with only 7.7% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is a far lower share than across Australia and represents an 11 point fall since 2011.
7.7% ▼ -58.8%
Lower than 77% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 18.7%
- 2016: 31.2%
- 2021: 7.7%
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 Gilgandra, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 59%; Bachelor degree is next at 19%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common qualifications held by residents are in Engineering and Society and Culture, both at 12.1%, followed by Management and Commerce and Health at 10.0% each.
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 Gilgandra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115065/gilgandra/topic/education