43.9% ▲ +53.3%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.6%
- 2016: 30.3%
- 2021: 43.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Backmede · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Backmede
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer than half of adults in Backmede have finished Year 12, which is far below the state and national figures. This gap extends to higher education, where only 15.4% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. It is a place where vocational training is much more common than university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 43.9% of residents completed Year 12, which is 15 points lower than the New South Wales and Australian averages. Roughly 40% of the community finished Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →Backmede splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (46%) and Year 10 (42%), with Year 9 or below at 9%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
A bachelor degree or higher is held by 15.4% of adults, far below the state figure of 27.8%. Instead, the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 38.8% of residents.
15.4% ▲ +161.5%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 15.4%
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 Backmede, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 48%, followed by Bachelor degree (23%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (20%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with a qualification, the most common fields are Engineering and related subjects at 22.5%, followed by Management and commerce at 20% and Education at 15%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one government primary school in the area, though it is among the smallest for its level with a typical size of 17 students. This school has a much lower advantage score than most other areas.
1
Lower than 57% 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).
17
Lower than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
911
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Backmede
1 school — 17 students, average ICSEA 911.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Manifold Public School, Bentley | Government | Primary | 5.4 km | 17 | 911 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Backmede [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10131/backmede/topic/education