33.5% ▲ +21.5%
Lower than 67% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.6%
- 2016: 37.7%
- 2021: 33.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Temora · Urban Centre
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Temora has a middle-of-the-road level of university degrees compared to similar areas, though overall school completion is much lower than the state average. While 33.5% of residents finished Year 12, this is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%.
Highest year of school completed.
Only 33.5% of people here completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%, although this rose 5.9 points since 2011. Year 10 is the most common highest year of school for 35.5% of residents.
33.5% ▲ +21.5%
Lower than 67% of urban centre areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Temora splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (38%) and Year 12 (36%), with Year 9 or below at 18%.
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 10.8% of the population, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 27.8%. Certificates III or IV are the most common qualification, held by 40.4% of people.
10.8% ▲ +24.0%
Lower than 54% of urban centre areas.
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
In Temora, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 52%; Bachelor degree is next at 20%.
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across several fields, with management and commerce being the most common at 16.3%. Engineering and related studies follow closely at 15.4%, while health makes up 11.8%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Temora [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115134/temora/topic/education