28.9% ▲ +22.6%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.6%
- 2016: 29.0%
- 2021: 28.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Bellbrook · Suburb / Locality
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 28.9% of Bellbrook residents completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This reflects a community where school completion is much lower than in most other areas. Higher education levels are also less common here than in the rest of the state.
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the New South Wales average, with 34.4% of residents listing Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
28.9% ▲ +22.6%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
In Bellbrook, the largest group is Year 10 at 37%, followed by Year 12 (31%) and Year 9 or below (23%).
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 11.3% of the population, which is far below the national figure. Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common, held by 27.1% of people.
11.3% ▲ +120.2%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
In Bellbrook, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 39%, followed by Bachelor degree (26%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (24%).
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for those with qualifications are engineering and related subjects at 15.8%, followed by health at 13.5%.
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Bellbrook has a much higher number of schools per 1,000 children than most areas, though the typical school is very small with only 24 students.
15.63
Higher than 84% 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).
24
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
732
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
1 school — 24 students, average ICSEA 732.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Bellbrook Public School, Bellbrook | Government | Primary | 9.5 km | 24 | 732 |
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Bellbrook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10270/bellbrook/topic/education