36.0% ▲ +25.2%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.8%
- 2016: 30.8%
- 2021: 36.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Blayney · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Blayney
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer residents in Blayney have finished high school or university compared to the rest of the country. Only 36% of people completed Year 12, and just 10.3% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, leaving the area far below the state and national figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Completion rates are much lower than most areas, with only 36% of residents finishing Year 12. This is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%, and the most common highest year of schooling here is Year 10 at 36.5%.
Highest year of school
View on map →Blayney splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (38%) and Year 12 (38%), with Year 9 or below at 17%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University qualifications are uncommon in Blayney, where only 10.3% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher. Instead, nearly half of residents hold a Certificate III or IV, which is the most typical qualification level.
10.3% ▲ +32.7%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.8%
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 10.3%
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 Blayney, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 57%; Bachelor degree is next at 16%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Those with qualifications are most likely to have studied Engineering and related fields (18.4%) or Management and commerce (17.5%). Health and Society and culture are also common fields of study.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Blayney has three schools within 3km, which is more than 70% of similar areas. These schools are either government (66.7%) or Catholic (33.3%), though the average school advantage score is much lower than most areas.
4.21
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
3
Higher than 67% 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).
234
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
933
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Blayney
3 schools — 701 students, average ICSEA 933.
By sector: Government 2 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 2 · Secondary 1
| Blayney High School, Blayney | Government | Secondary | 0.8 km | 296 | 917 |
| Blayney Public School, Blayney | Government | Primary | 1.0 km | 248 | 928 |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Blayney, Blayney | Catholic | Primary | 1.4 km | 157 | 970 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Blayney [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10409/blayney/topic/education