40.1% ▲ +29.2%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.0%
- 2016: 28.1%
- 2021: 40.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Bigga · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Bigga
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Education levels have remained notably lower than state and national figures in Bigga. Only 40.1% of residents have finished Year 12, which is far below the national average.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion is low here, with 40.1% finishing Year 12. This is 19 points lower than the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Bigga, the largest group is Year 12 at 44%, followed by Year 10 (37%) and Year 9 or below (12%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 11.2% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the national figure. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 28.5% of residents.
11.2% ▲ +17.2%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 8.4%
- 2021: 11.2%
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 Bigga, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 40%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (22%) and Bachelor degree (17%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Those with qualifications in Bigga most often studied management and commerce (19.5%) or engineering (13.8%).
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has a very small government primary school with a typical size of just 15 students. While the school's advantage score is around the middle for its level, there are more schools per 1,000 children than in most similar areas.
28.57
Higher than 93% 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).
15
Lower than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
988
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Bigga
1 school — 15 students, average ICSEA 988.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Bigga Public School, Bigga | Government | Primary | 3.9 km | 15 | 988 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Bigga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10345/bigga/topic/education