43.6% ▲ +19.4%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.5%
- 2016: 43.3%
- 2021: 43.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Blighty · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Blighty
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer residents in Blighty have finished high school or university compared to most similar areas. Only 43.6% of people completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This pattern extends to higher education, where university degrees are much less common than in the rest of the state.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Completing Year 12 is far below the New South Wales and national figures, with only 43.6% of residents reaching this milestone. About 18.8% of people finished Year 10, while 16.5% finished Year 11.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Blighty, Year 12 is the majority at 51%; Year 10 is next at 22%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 10.9% of the population, which is far below the state and national figures. Trade certificates are more common, with 37.3% of people holding a Certificate III or IV.
10.9% ▼ -17.0%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 10.9%
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 Blighty, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 48%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (22%) and Bachelor degree (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are strongest in Agriculture and Environment at 28.9%, followed by Management and Commerce at 15.7%. Other common fields include Education at 12% and Engineering at 10.8%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Blighty has 19.61 schools per 1,000 children, which is much higher than most areas. Local schools are all government-run primary schools, and they are among the smallest around with an average size of just 19 students.
19.61
Higher than 88% 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).
19
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,012
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Blighty
1 school — 19 students, average ICSEA 1,012.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Blighty Public School, Blighty | Government | Primary | 4.2 km | 19 | 1,012 |
Sources
More for Blighty
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Blighty [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10411/blighty/topic/education