24.0% —
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 24.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Bean Creek · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Bean Creek
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Education levels in Bean Creek have remained quite low, with only 24% of residents completing Year 12. While university degrees are more common here than in most similar areas, the place still falls well below state and national figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 24% of people here finished Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales and Australian figures. The most common highest school year reached is Year 10, at 40%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Bean Creek, the largest group is Year 10 at 44%, followed by Year 12 (27%) and Year 9 or below (20%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The share of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is 19.2%, which is higher than most similar areas but still well below the state and national averages. Certificate III or IV is the most common qualification at 26.7%.
19.2% —
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.7%
- 2021: 19.2%
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 Bean Creek, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 36%, followed by Postgraduate degree (23%) and Bachelor degree (23%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications here are most often in Agriculture and Environment at 13.3%, followed by Health at 10%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one government primary school within 3km, though it is smaller than most and has one of the lowest advantage scores among similar 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).
13
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
776
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Bean Creek
1 school — 13 students, average ICSEA 776.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Old Bonalbo Public School, Old Bonalbo | Government | Primary | 8.4 km | 13 | 776 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Bean Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10240/bean-creek/topic/education