39.4% ▲ +9.0%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.2%
- 2016: 31.3%
- 2021: 39.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Biniguy · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Biniguy
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people have finished high school in Biniguy than in the rest of the country. Only 39.4% of residents completed Year 12, which is 19 percentage points lower than the national figure. This trend of lower schooling levels is reflected in the qualifications held by adults across the area.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 39.4% of people here finished Year 12, a figure far below the New South Wales average of 58.9%. Another 29.4% of residents stopped their schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Biniguy, the largest group is Year 12 at 46%, followed by Year 10 (34%) and Year 9 or below (16%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The proportion of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is 14.5%, which is far below the 26.3% seen across Australia. The most common qualification held is a Certificate III or IV, at 23.4%.
14.5% ▲ +14.5%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 14.5%
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 Biniguy, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 51%; Bachelor degree is next at 40%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for qualified residents are society and culture at 16.9%, and management and commerce at 10.4%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one government primary school within 3km, though it is small with an average of 21 students and has a low advantage score.
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).
21
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
857
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Biniguy
1 school — 21 students, average ICSEA 857.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Pallamallawa Public School, Pallamallawa | Government | Primary | 11.8 km | 21 | 857 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Biniguy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10368/biniguy/topic/education