23.8% ▲ +517.9%
Lower than 91% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 22.1%
- 2021: 23.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Urana · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Urana
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer residents in Urana have completed high school or university compared to the rest of the state. While only 23.8% have finished Year 12, this is a significant increase from the 3.8% recorded in 2011.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Completion of Year 12 is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. Many residents have a lower level of schooling, with 33.2% reaching Year 10 and 25.6% finishing Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Urana, the largest group is Year 10 at 38%, followed by Year 9 or below (29%) and Year 12 (27%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 6.5% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is much lower than most areas. Certificates III and IV are the most common qualifications here, held by 39.2% of the population.
6.5% ▲ +197.8%
Lower than 84% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 6.5%
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 Urana, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 59%; Bachelor degree is next at 13%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, Engineering and related fields are the most common at 19.6%, followed by Management and commerce at 12.4%.
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 Urana [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122146/urana/topic/education