38.9% —
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 38.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Bakers Creek · Suburb / Locality
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Zero adults in Bakers Creek hold a bachelor degree or higher, making it one of the least qualified areas in the region. This gap extends to schooling, where the typical resident is far less likely to have finished Year 12 compared to the rest of the state.
Highest year of school completed.
Only 38.9% of people finished Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. Many residents left school earlier, with 33.3% finishing at Year 10 and 27.8% finishing at Year 9 or below.
38.9% —
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
In Bakers Creek, the largest group is Year 12 at 39%, followed by Year 10 (33%) and Year 9 or below (28%).
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The proportion of adults with a university degree is 0.0%, which is far below both the national figure of 26.3% and the state average of 27.8%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
In Bakers Creek, Advanced diploma / diploma is the majority at 58%; Certificate III / IV is next at 42%.
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Engineering & related at 26%, ahead of Management & commerce (16%).
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of the area, a situation that is smaller than about 59% of similar areas.
0
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 Bakers Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10140/bakers-creek/topic/education