31.4% ▲ +35.8%
Lower than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.1%
- 2016: 33.6%
- 2021: 31.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Marulan · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Marulan
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Nearly half of all qualified adults in Marulan hold a Certificate III or IV. This is a place where formal higher education is uncommon, with only 7.4% of people holding a bachelor degree or higher, though school completion rates have improved since 2011.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 31.4% of residents have completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This rate has risen by 8.3 points since 2011, but 30.1% of people still list Year 10 as their highest school level.
Highest year of school
View on map →Marulan splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (37%) and Year 10 (36%), with Year 9 or below at 18%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are rare here, with the 7.4% rate for bachelor degrees or higher sitting far below the New South Wales figure of 27.8%. Most qualified residents hold trade-level certificates, with 45.3% achieving a Certificate III or IV.
7.4% ▲ +22.4%
Lower than 79% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 7.4%
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 Marulan, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 64%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 16%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Engineering and related fields are the most common area of study for 22.5% of qualified residents. Other common qualifications include management and commerce at 11.7% and society and culture at 10.0%.
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 Marulan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121072/marulan/topic/education