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Education & Qualifications in Gunning

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

Far more people in Gunning (L) hold high-level qualifications than in most similar areas. A quarter of adults have a bachelor degree or higher, and the proportion of people finishing Year 12 has surged by 27 percentage points since 2011.

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📍 Gunning, Urban Centre

Where Gunning sits — Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

25.0% ▲ +239.6%

All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Gunning — higher than 89% of areas.

Gunning25.0%
2581, NSW 24.4%
New South Wales 27.8%
Australia 26.3%

Schooling

Highest year of school completed.

Over half of residents have completed Year 12, which is much higher than in most similar areas. However, this 51.2% figure remains well below the New South Wales and national averages.

Completed Year 12

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51.2% ▲ +114.9%

Higher than 82% 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 Gunning, Year 12 is the majority at 55%; Year 10 is next at 26%.

Year 12 51.2% Year 10 24.8% Year 9 or below 9.5% Year 11 8.2%

Qualifications

Post-school qualifications and degrees.

Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 25% of the population, a figure that is much higher than in similar areas. This has risen sharply from just 7.4% in 2011, though it is still a little below the national figure of 26.3%.

Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

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25.0% ▲ +239.6%

Higher than 89% 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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Gunning splits fairly evenly between Certificate III / IV (33%) and Bachelor degree (30%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 20%.

Certificate III / IV 30.0% Bachelor degree 27.6% Advanced diploma / diploma 18.6% Postgraduate degree 8.3% Graduate diploma / certificate 4.1% Certificate I / II 2.8%

Field of study

What people studied.

The most common fields of study in the area are society and culture at 21%, followed by management and commerce at 13.4% and engineering at 13.1%.

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 Gunning [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121047/gunning/topic/education