CensusAtlas

Gulargambone · Urban Centre

Education & Qualifications in Gulargambone

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

Only 4.1% of adults in Gulargambone hold a bachelor degree or higher, placing it among the lowest for this level of education compared to similar areas. The town has a small number of highly qualified residents, with far fewer people finishing high school or university than the state or national figures.

Open map →
📍 Gulargambone, Urban Centre

Where Gulargambone sits — Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

4.1% ▲ +17.2%

All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Gulargambone — lower than 93% of areas.

Gulargambone4.1%
2828, NSW 11.3%
New South Wales 27.8%
Australia 26.3%

Schooling

Highest year of school completed.

Just 20.7% of people finished Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. This figure has fallen by 3.3 percentage points since 2011, and most residents stopped their schooling at Year 10.

Completed Year 12

View on map →

20.7% ▼ -13.7%

Lower than 95% of urban centre areas.

Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.

Highest year of school

View on map →

In Gulargambone, the largest group is Year 10 at 47%, followed by Year 12 (25%) and Year 9 or below (21%).

Year 10 38.7% Year 12 20.7% Year 9 or below 17.6% Year 11 5.7%

Qualifications

Post-school qualifications and degrees.

University degrees are rare here, with only 4.1% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher, far below the national figure of 26.3%. Instead, Certificate III or IV is the most common qualification, held by 30.7% of residents.

Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

View on map →

4.1% ▲ +17.2%

Lower than 93% 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

View on map →

In Gulargambone, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 59%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 22%.

Certificate III / IV 30.7% Advanced diploma / diploma 11.4% Bachelor degree 9.6%

Field of study

What people studied.

Among those with qualifications, the most common fields of study are society and culture at 12.3% and engineering at 11.4%.

Field of qualification

View on map →

Gulargambone splits fairly evenly between Society & culture (23%) and Engineering & related (21%), with Education at 16%.

Society & culture 12.3% Engineering & related 11.4% Education 8.8% Health 7.9% Architecture & building 7.0% Management & commerce 3.5% Food, hospitality & personal services 3.5%

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

More for Gulargambone

Full area profile →

Cite this page

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Gulargambone [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122064/gulargambone/topic/education