34.5% ▼ -11.5%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.9%
- 2016: 30.5%
- 2021: 34.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Bellata · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Bellata
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer residents in Bellata have completed high school or earned a university degree compared to most similar areas. Only 34.5% of people finished Year 12, a figure far below the national average of 58.8%. This trend continues into higher education, where the proportion of adults with a university degree is also far lower than in the rest of the state.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
High school completion is far below the New South Wales figure, with only 34.5% of residents finishing Year 12. About 31.6% of people reached Year 10, and 12.1% finished Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →Bellata splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (43%) and Year 10 (39%), with Year 9 or below at 15%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The proportion of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is 9.5%, which is far below the Australian figure of 26.3%. The most common qualifications held are Certificate III or IV at 22.1% and diplomas at 17.7%.
9.5% ▼ -27.3%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 9.5%
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 Bellata, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 36%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (29%) and Bachelor degree (23%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Those with qualifications in Bellata most commonly studied management and commerce (12.4%) or engineering (10.6%), followed by agriculture and environment at 8.0%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has a much higher number of schools per 1,000 children than most similar places, though the average school size is very small at just 17 students. These are all government primary schools, with an average school advantage score that is much lower than most areas.
18.52
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
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).
17
Lower than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
913
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 Bellata
1 school — 17 students, average ICSEA 913.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Bellata Public School, Bellata | Government | Primary | 2.0 km | 17 | 913 |
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Bellata [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10266/bellata/topic/education