40.9% —
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 50.0%
- 2021: 40.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Billys Creek · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Billys Creek
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A mix of vocational and higher learning shapes daily life in Billys Creek, where nearly one in five adults holds a university degree. While a good number of residents have high-level qualifications, far fewer finished high school compared to the rest of the country.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 40.9% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales and national figures of around 59%. About 19.7% of people left school after Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Billys Creek, Year 12 is the majority at 53%; Year 10 is next at 25%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is more common here than in most similar areas, with 19.1% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. However, this is still well below the New South Wales average of 27.8%.
19.1% —
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.0%
- 2021: 19.1%
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 Billys Creek, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 41%, followed by Bachelor degree (33%) and Graduate diploma / certificate (15%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across several fields, with Engineering and Education both accounting for 11.6% of the total. Agriculture and environment degrees follow at 9.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one government primary school, which is much smaller than those in most similar areas with an average size of 12 students. This school also has one of the lowest advantage scores for its level.
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).
12
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
879
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Billys Creek
1 school — 12 students, average ICSEA 879.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Dundurrabin Public School, Dundurrabin | Government | Primary | 4.0 km | 12 | 879 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Billys Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10355/billys-creek/topic/education