27.8% ▲ +18.8%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.4%
- 2016: 23.9%
- 2021: 27.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Binnaway · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Binnaway
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 31 percentage points separates Binnaway from the state and national figures for Year 12 completion. Only 27.8% of residents finished high school, which is much lower than most similar areas. This trend of lower formal schooling is seen across the board in the local education data.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 27.8% of people finished Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales and Australian figures. The most common highest year of school completed is Year 10, at 36.3%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Binnaway, the largest group is Year 10 at 41%, followed by Year 12 (32%) and Year 9 or below (19%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University qualifications are rare here, with only 6.7% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the national figure of 26.3%, while Certificate III or IV is the most common qualification at 34.5%.
6.7% ▲ +41.2%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 6.7%
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 Binnaway, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 56%; Bachelor degree is next at 18%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields of study are Engineering and related subjects at 15.1%, followed by Management and Commerce at 11.5%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has a high number of schools per 1,000 children, though they are much smaller than most areas with an average size of 44 students. All local schools are government-run combined institutions.
10.87
Higher than 76% 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).
44
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
815
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Binnaway
1 school — 44 students, average ICSEA 815.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Combined 1
| Binnaway Central School, Binnaway | Government | Combined | 9.6 km | 44 | 815 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Binnaway [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10371/binnaway/topic/education