32.1% ▲ +21.5%
Lower than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.4%
- 2016: 41.0%
- 2021: 32.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Narromine · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Narromine
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 32.1% of people in Narromine finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This represents a significant gap in formal schooling for the area, although the proportion of high school graduates has risen by 5.7 points since 2011.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion is much lower than in most areas, with only 32.1% finishing Year 12. This is 27 points below both the state and national averages, while 30.3% of residents stopped at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →Narromine splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (38%) and Year 10 (36%), with Year 9 or below at 19%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are uncommon here, with just 9.7% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the New South Wales figure of 27.8%, and most qualified residents hold a Certificate III or IV.
9.7% ▲ +19.7%
Lower than 62% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 15.1%
- 2021: 9.7%
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 Narromine, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 54%; Bachelor degree is next at 23%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are engineering and related subjects at 13.9%, followed by management and commerce at 11.3%.
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 Narromine [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115111/narromine/topic/education