45.7% ▲ +18.3%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.6%
- 2016: 41.2%
- 2021: 45.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Blackbutt · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Blackbutt
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Education levels in Blackbutt have stayed fairly steady since 2011, though the area still lags behind state and national trends. Only 45.7% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. Higher education is also less common here than in the wider region.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion sits at 45.7%, which is far below the same figure for Australia and New South Wales. About 29.6% of residents stopped at Year 10, while 13.7% finished Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Blackbutt, the largest group is Year 12 at 48%, followed by Year 10 (31%) and Year 9 or below (14%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 15.2% of the population, far below the 27.8% seen across New South Wales. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 36.9% of people.
15.2% ▲ +51.5%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 15.2%
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 Blackbutt, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 43%, followed by Bachelor degree (22%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (21%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in Blackbutt are mostly in management and commerce at 19.2% and engineering at 19.0%. Society and culture is the next most common field at 12.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has 18 schools within 3km, which is more than 88% of similar areas. Most of these are government primary schools, and the typical school size is larger than in most areas.
18
Higher than 86% 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).
470
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
991
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Blackbutt
18 schools — 8,452 students, average ICSEA 991.
By sector: Government 14 · Catholic 3 · Independent 1
By type: Primary 12 · Secondary 4 · Combined 2
| Nazareth Catholic Primary School, Shellharbour City | Catholic | Primary | 0.6 km | 413 | 1,052 |
| Barrack Heights Public School, Barrack Heights | Government | Primary | 1.4 km | 192 | 873 |
| Flinders Public School, Flinders | Government | Primary | 1.4 km | 518 | 1,004 |
| Oak Flats High School, Oak Flats | Government | Secondary | 1.5 km | 648 | 932 |
| Warilla High School, Barrack Heights | Government | Secondary | 1.6 km | 1,020 | 968 |
| Balarang Public School, Oak Flats | Government | Primary | 1.7 km | 268 | 974 |
| Warilla Public School, Warilla | Government | Primary | 1.9 km | 279 | 937 |
| Mount Warrigal Public School, Warilla | Government | Primary | 2.0 km | 185 | 885 |
| Peterborough School, Warilla | Government | Combined | 2.0 km | 115 | 938 |
| Shellharbour Public School, Shellharbour | Government | Primary | 2.3 km | 368 | 999 |
| Corpus Christi Catholic High School, Oak Flats | Catholic | Secondary | 2.4 km | 1,126 | 1,045 |
| Oak Flats Public School, Oak Flats | Government | Primary | 2.5 km | 416 | 959 |
| Shellharbour Anglican College, Dunmore | Independent | Combined | 2.6 km | 981 | 1,099 |
| Stella Maris Catholic Primary School, Shellharbour | Catholic | Primary | 2.7 km | 405 | 1,050 |
| Warilla North Public School, Warilla | Government | Primary | 2.9 km | 167 | 872 |
| Shell Cove Public School, Shell Cove | Government | Primary | 3.0 km | 463 | 1,049 |
| Lake Illawarra High School, Lake Illawarra | Government | Secondary | 3.4 km | 542 | 894 |
| Albion Park Rail Public School, Albion Park | Government | Primary | 4.0 km | 346 | 894 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Blackbutt [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10390/blackbutt/topic/education