27.2% ▲ +37.1%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.8%
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 27.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Bingara · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Bingara
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 27.2% of residents in Bingara have completed Year 12, a figure that is far below the New South Wales average. This reflects a community where fewer people have finished high school or gone on to university compared to most other areas.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is among the lowest across similar areas, sitting 32 points below both the state and national figures. The most common highest level of schooling reached is Year 10, at 36.6%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Bingara, the largest group is Year 10 at 40%, followed by Year 12 (30%) and Year 9 or below (25%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 8.8% of the population, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. Instead, the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 38.2% of people.
8.8% ▲ +85.3%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.8%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 8.8%
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 Bingara, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 51%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 19%.
Field of study
What people studied.
For those with qualifications, the most common fields are Health at 14.2%, followed by Engineering at 12.5% and Management and commerce at 11.6%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Bingara has more schools per 1,000 children than most areas, though the average school size is lower. All schooling is provided by the government sector through a combined school format.
6.49
Higher than 65% 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).
175
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
916
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Bingara
1 school — 175 students, average ICSEA 916.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Combined 1
| Bingara Central School, Bingara | Government | Combined | 4.7 km | 175 | 916 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Bingara [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10364/bingara/topic/education