35.7% ▲ +77.7%
Lower than 59% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 20.1%
- 2016: 32.7%
- 2021: 35.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Awaba · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Awaba
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A growing number of residents in Awaba have pursued further study, with those finishing Year 12 rising by 16 percentage points since 2011. While the typical level of schooling remains much lower than the state average, more people are now holding higher qualifications than a decade ago.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 35.7% of people here finished Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. The most common highest year of school completed is Year 10, reached by 36.4% of residents.
Highest year of school
View on map →Awaba splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (40%) and Year 12 (39%), with Year 9 or below at 11%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 11.3% of the area, a figure that rose 10 points since 2011. This is far below the national figure of 26.3%, with the most common qualification being a Certificate III or IV at 48.3%.
11.3% ▲ +880.3%
Lower than 51% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 1.1%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 11.3%
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 Awaba, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 58%; Bachelor degree is next at 26%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most popular fields are Engineering and related subjects at 28.2%, followed by Management and commerce at 16.1% and Health at 14.1%.
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 Awaba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122010/awaba/topic/education