39.6% ▲ +26.5%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.3%
- 2016: 38.1%
- 2021: 39.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Belimbla Park · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Belimbla Park
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer residents in Belimbla Park have completed high school compared to most other areas. Only 39.6% of people finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This pattern is reflected in the qualifications of adults, where trade certificates are much more common than university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the state and national averages, sitting at 39.6%. About 36.9% of residents stopped at Year 10, and another 11.1% left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →Belimbla Park splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (41%) and Year 10 (38%), with Year 9 or below at 11%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 14.9% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 27.8%. Instead, the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 43.4% of adults.
14.9% ▲ +24.5%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 14.9%
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 Belimbla Park, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 50%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (21%) and Bachelor degree (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with degrees, the most common fields of study are Engineering and related fields at 20.8%, followed by Management and commerce at 16.1%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are two primary schools within 3 km, which is more than about 66% of similar areas. Both are government schools, and they tend to be smaller than most other schools in the region.
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).
225
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
967
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Belimbla Park
2 schools — 449 students, average ICSEA 967.
By sector: Government 2
By type: Primary 2
| Oakdale Public School, Oakdale | Government | Primary | 2.8 km | 141 | 945 |
| The Oaks Public School, The Oaks | Government | Primary | 3.1 km | 308 | 977 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Belimbla Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10261/belimbla-park/topic/education