33.5% ▲ +36.8%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.5%
- 2016: 31.0%
- 2021: 33.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Batlow · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Batlow
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 25 percentage points separates Batlow from the rest of the state and country in Year 12 completion rates. Only 33.5% of residents finished high school, and the area has far fewer university degrees than the national average.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 33.5% of people here finished Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales and Australian figures of around 59%. About 32.4% of the population stopped at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →Batlow splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (37%) and Year 10 (36%), with Year 9 or below at 18%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 9.8% of the population, far below the 27.8% seen in New South Wales. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 37.5% of residents.
9.8% ▲ +81.6%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.4%
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →In Batlow, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 50%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (20%) and Bachelor degree (19%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in the area are spread across several fields, with Engineering and related studies being the most common at 16%, followed by Management and commerce at 14.7%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Batlow has 9.35 schools per 1,000 children, which is higher than most areas. However, the typical school size is very small, with an average of just 73 students.
9.35
Higher than 74% 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).
73
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
920
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Batlow
2 schools — 145 students, average ICSEA 920.
By sector: Government 1 · Catholic 1
By type: Combined 1 · Primary 1
| Batlow Technology School, Batlow | Government | Combined | 3.9 km | 103 | 904 |
| St Mary's Primary School, Batlow | Catholic | Primary | 4.1 km | 42 | 958 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Batlow [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10232/batlow/topic/education