55.8% —
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 57.0%
- 2021: 55.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Barragga Bay · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Barragga Bay
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
High levels of university education define Barragga Bay, where 41.8% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. This is among the highest levels of qualification for similar areas and sits far above the national figure. While highly qualified, the area has a smaller proportion of people who completed Year 12 compared to the rest of the state.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 55.8% of residents completed Year 12, which is well below the figures for both New South Wales and Australia. Roughly 20.9% of people listed Year 10 as their highest year of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Barragga Bay, Year 12 is the majority at 62%; Year 10 is next at 23%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The area is far more qualified than the state and national averages, with 41.8% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This includes 23.9% with a bachelor degree and 22.4% with a postgraduate qualification.
41.8% —
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.5%
- 2021: 41.8%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Barragga Bay splits fairly evenly between Bachelor degree (25%) and Postgraduate degree (23%), with Certificate III / IV at 22%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across several fields, with society and culture being the most common at 23.9%, followed by education at 16.4% and engineering at 14.9%.
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 of facilities than about 59% of similar areas.
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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).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Barragga Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10211/barragga-bay/topic/education