47.0% ▲ +12.5%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 41.8%
- 2016: 48.9%
- 2021: 47.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Big Springs · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Big Springs
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people have finished high school in Big Springs compared to the rest of the country. While about 47% of residents completed Year 12, this is 12 percentage points lower than both the New South Wales and national figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the state and national averages. For many residents, the highest year of school finished was Year 10, which applies to 28% of the population.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Big Springs, Year 12 is the majority at 52%; Year 10 is next at 31%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
About 17.4% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is higher than most similar areas but still well below the Australian average. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 25.8% of adults.
17.4% ▲ +26.7%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.8%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 17.4%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Big Springs splits fairly evenly between Certificate III / IV (35%) and Bachelor degree (31%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 25%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for those with qualifications are Education at 15.2% and Management and Commerce at 13.6%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3km, which is a common trait for about 59% of similar areas.
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Lower than 99% 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).
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Big Springs [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10344/big-springs/topic/education