39.8% ▲ +17.2%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.9%
- 2016: 45.1%
- 2021: 39.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Beckom · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Beckom
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common achievement in Beckom, where about 38% of adults hold one. Overall, the area has far fewer people finishing high school or earning degrees compared to the rest of the state.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 39.8% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales and Australian figures of around 59%.
Highest year of school
View on map →Beckom splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (43%) and Year 10 (41%), with Year 9 or below at 11%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
A bachelor degree or higher is held by 9.7% of adults, a result that is far below both the state and national figures.
9.7% ▲ +27.3%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 9.7%
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 Beckom, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 60%; Bachelor degree is next at 30%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Fields of study are varied, with Education being the most common at 18.8%, followed by Agriculture and environment at 16.7%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one government school that serves as a combined primary and secondary facility. It is much smaller than most areas, with a typical size of 66 students.
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).
66
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
867
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Beckom
1 school — 66 students, average ICSEA 867.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Combined 1
| Ardlethan Central School, Ardlethan | Government | Combined | 12.3 km | 66 | 867 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Beckom [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10244/beckom/topic/education