46.8% —
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 39.1%
- 2021: 46.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Ballengarra · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Ballengarra
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Forty-two per cent of adults in Ballengarra hold a Certificate III or IV, the most common qualification in the area. This is a place where fewer people have finished high school or university compared to state and national figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Fewer than half of residents (46.8%) have completed Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. About 31% of people here stopped their schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Ballengarra, Year 12 is the majority at 53%; Year 10 is next at 35%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are less common here than in most of the country, with only 14.6% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the Australian average of 26.3%.
14.6% —
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.1%
- 2021: 14.6%
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 Ballengarra, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 60%; Bachelor degree is next at 20%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in the area are spread across several fields, with engineering and related subjects being the most common at 14%. Architecture, building, health, and society and culture each account for 10.5% of qualifications.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of the area, which is a smaller number than about 59% of similar places.
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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).
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Ballengarra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10161/ballengarra/topic/education