27.3% ▼ -25.1%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.4%
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 27.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Baan Baa · Suburb / Locality
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer adults in Baan Baa have completed Year 12 compared to previous years, with only 27.3% reaching that milestone. This is far below the national figure of 58.8%. Most residents hold vocational certificates rather than university degrees.
Highest year of school completed.
The percentage of people who finished Year 12 is among the lowest of similar areas, sitting 32 points below both the state and national figures. The most common highest school year attained is Year 10, at 29.5%.
27.3% ▼ -25.1%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Baan Baa splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (40%) and Year 12 (37%), with Year 9 or below at 16%.
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 5.2% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 27.8%. Instead, 35.7% of the community holds a Certificate III or IV.
5.2% ▼ -43.1%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
In Baan Baa, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 60%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 24%.
What people studied.
Among those with higher qualifications, the most common fields are Engineering at 20% and Management and Commerce at 14.3%. Health qualifications follow at 12.9%.
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools located within 3 kilometres of the area, which is a smaller number of facilities than about 59% of similar areas.
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Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools serving the area — within 3 km of small areas, or inside larger ones. A measure of access (catchments overlap, so don't add it across areas).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Baan Baa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10121/baan-baa/topic/education