44.3% ▲ +48.4%
Higher than 66% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 29.8%
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 44.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Kurmond · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Kurmond
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
More people in Kurmond hold higher qualifications than in most similar areas. While many residents still lack a Year 12 certificate, the number of adults with a bachelor degree or higher has jumped by 14 percentage points since 2011 to reach 21.6%.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 44.3% of people have finished Year 12, which is higher than most similar areas but still far below the national figure of 58.8%. This represents a 14 point rise since 2011.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Kurmond, the largest group is Year 12 at 48%, followed by Year 10 (29%) and Year 9 or below (12%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
A bachelor degree or higher is held by 21.6% of adults, a figure that is much higher than in similar areas but remains well below the New South Wales average of 27.8%. Certificate III or IV is the most common qualification at 32.1%.
21.6% ▲ +169.7%
Higher than 85% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 21.6%
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 Kurmond, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 39%, followed by Bachelor degree (24%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (21%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are management and commerce at 21.9%, followed by engineering and related fields 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 Kurmond [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122075/kurmond/topic/education