50.0% —
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 42.4%
- 2021: 50.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Billeroy · Suburb / Locality
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only half of the residents in Billeroy have completed Year 12, which is much lower than the national figure. This gap in schooling is reflected in the local qualification rates, where university degrees are far less common than across New South Wales.
Highest year of school completed.
While 50% of people finished Year 12, which is higher than in most similar areas, this is still nearly 9 points below the New South Wales and Australian averages. Another 21.4% of residents had Year 10 as their highest year of schooling.
50.0% —
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
In Billeroy, Year 12 is the majority at 70%; Year 10 is next at 30%.
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 16% of the population. This is around the middle for similar areas, but far below the 26.3% seen across Australia.
16.0% —
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
In Billeroy, the largest group is Advanced diploma / diploma at 46%, followed by Bachelor degree (31%) and Certificate III / IV (23%).
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Agriculture & environment at 26%, ahead of Health (21%).
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools located within 3 kilometres of the area, which is a common situation compared to about 59% of similar places.
0
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).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Billeroy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10351/billeroy/topic/education