35.8% ▼ -7.6%
Lower than 59% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 38.7%
- 2016: 29.7%
- 2021: 35.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Urunga · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Urunga
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Urunga have finished high school compared to the rest of the country. Only 35.8% of residents have completed Year 12, which is 23 percentage points lower than the national figure. This reflects a local trend where a significant number of adults have left school before the final year.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the state and national figures, and it has fallen by 3 percentage points since 2011. While 35.8% finished high school, a similar proportion—32.8%—left after Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →Urunga splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (40%) and Year 10 (36%), with Year 9 or below at 17%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
A bachelor degree or higher is held by 14.3% of adults, which is higher than most similar areas but far below the New South Wales figure. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 38.6% of people.
14.3% ▼ -8.7%
Higher than 65% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 15.6%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 14.3%
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 Urunga, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 50%; Bachelor degree is next at 22%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are Engineering at 15.2% and Management and Commerce at 13.4%. Health, Society and Culture, and Education also make up a significant part of the local workforce's studies.
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 Urunga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115144/urunga/topic/education