41.4% —
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 42.4%
- 2021: 41.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Bald Blair · Suburb / Locality
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
More than 41% of adults in Bald Blair hold a bachelor degree, marking this as a highly qualified area. While university degrees are common, far fewer residents finished high school compared to the rest of the state and country.
Highest year of school completed.
Only 41.4% of people here completed Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. The most common highest year of schooling is Year 10, reached by 51.7% of residents.
41.4% —
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
In Bald Blair, the largest group is Year 10 at 48%, followed by Year 12 (39%) and Year 11 (13%).
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
A bachelor degree or higher is held by 29.4% of adults, which is much higher than most similar areas and well above the national figure of 26.3%. Bachelor degrees are the most common qualification at 41.7%.
29.4% —
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
In Bald Blair, Bachelor degree is the majority at 53%; Certificate III / IV is next at 32%.
What people studied.
Qualifications in this area are most often in management and commerce at 33.3%, followed by food, hospitality and personal services at 29.2% and education at 25%.
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one government primary school within 3km, though its average size of 32 students is much lower than most areas. The school's advantage score is also lower 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).
32
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
969
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
1 school — 32 students, average ICSEA 969.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Bald Blair Public School, Guyra | Government | Primary | 7.0 km | 32 | 969 |
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Bald Blair [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10147/bald-blair/topic/education