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Education & Qualifications in Thrumster

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

More people in Thrumster have finished high school and university than in most similar areas. This educational shift is clear in the data, with the share of residents completing Year 12 jumping 21 percentage points since 2011.

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📍 Thrumster, Urban Centre

Where Thrumster sits — Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

22.1% ▲ +126.0%

All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Thrumster — higher than 86% of areas.

Thrumster22.1%
2444, NSW 19.4%
New South Wales 27.8%
Australia 26.3%

Schooling

Highest year of school completed.

A little below the state and national figures, 56.4% of people here finished Year 12. This is a significant increase from 35% in 2011, though 25.1% of the population still listed Year 10 as their highest year of school.

Completed Year 12

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56.4% ▲ +61.2%

Higher than 89% 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 Thrumster, Year 12 is the majority at 59%; Year 10 is next at 26%.

Year 12 56.4% Year 10 25.1% Year 11 7.3% Year 9 or below 7.0%

Qualifications

Post-school qualifications and degrees.

The share of adults with a bachelor degree or higher rose to 22.1% since 2011, which is much higher than most similar areas. However, this remains well below the national figure of 26.3%, with Certificate III or IV being the most common qualification at 36.7%.

Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

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22.1% ▲ +126.0%

Higher than 86% 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 Thrumster, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 42%, followed by Bachelor degree (26%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (17%).

Certificate III / IV 36.7% Bachelor degree 22.5% Advanced diploma / diploma 15.2% Postgraduate degree 6.5% Graduate diploma / certificate 4.5% Certificate I / II 2.7%

Field of study

What people studied.

The most common fields of study in the area are management and commerce at 19.2%, followed by health at 15.5% and society and culture at 12.9%.

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 Thrumster [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115138/thrumster/topic/education