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Tumbarumba · Urban Centre

Education & Qualifications in Tumbarumba

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

Fewer residents in Tumbarumba have completed high school or university degrees compared to ten years ago. Only 32.6% of people finished Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. This trend toward lower formal schooling is mirrored in university qualifications, which have also fallen since 2011.

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📍 Tumbarumba, Urban Centre

Where Tumbarumba sits — Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

10.5% ▼ -22.1%

All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Tumbarumba — lower than 56% of areas.

Tumbarumba10.5%
2653, NSW 11.2%
New South Wales 27.8%
Australia 26.3%

Schooling

Highest year of school completed.

Only 32.6% of residents completed Year 12, a figure that is far below the national average and has fallen by 3.5 points since 2011. The most common highest school year reached here is Year 10, at 33.2%.

Completed Year 12

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32.6% ▼ -9.7%

Lower than 70% 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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Tumbarumba splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (36%) and Year 12 (35%), with Year 9 or below at 17%.

Year 10 33.2% Year 12 32.6% Year 9 or below 15.5% Year 11 10.6%

Qualifications

Post-school qualifications and degrees.

Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 10.5% of the population, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 27.8%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 42.9% of residents.

Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

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10.5% ▼ -22.1%

Lower than 56% of urban centre areas.

Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).

Field of study

What people studied.

Qualifications in Tumbarumba are most often in Engineering and related fields at 18.3%. Other common areas of study include Management and Commerce at 12.5%, and Society and Culture at 10.8%.

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 Tumbarumba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115141/tumbarumba/topic/education