28.5% ▲ +15.9%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.6%
- 2016: 24.8%
- 2021: 28.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Barraba · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Barraba
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people have finished high school in Barraba than in the rest of the state, with only 28.5% completing Year 12. This gap extends to higher education, where university degrees are much less common than the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 28.5% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales and Australian figures of around 59%. The most common highest year of schooling is Year 10, reached by 30.7% of people.
Highest year of school
View on map →Barraba splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (34%) and Year 12 (32%), with Year 9 or below at 27%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 7.9% of the population, which is far below the state and national averages. Instead, the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 36.4%.
7.9% ▲ +51.5%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 7.9%
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 Barraba, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 53%; Bachelor degree is next at 21%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Those with qualifications in Barraba most often studied Engineering, Management, or Commerce, each at 13.9%, followed by Health at 11.4%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are 11.24 schools per 1,000 children, which is much higher than most areas. These schools are typically smaller than usual, with an average size of 117 students, and are split evenly between government and Catholic sectors.
11.24
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
2
Higher than 62% 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).
117
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
886
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Barraba
2 schools — 234 students, average ICSEA 886.
By sector: Government 1 · Catholic 1
By type: Combined 1 · Primary 1
| Barraba Central School, Barraba | Government | Combined | 2.6 km | 161 | 839 |
| St Joseph's Primary School, Barraba | Catholic | Primary | 3.6 km | 73 | 989 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Barraba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10207/barraba/topic/education