37.6% —
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 37.6%
- 2021: 37.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Brayton · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Brayton
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer people in Brayton have finished high school or university than is typical for the rest of the country. Only 37.6% of residents have completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This means a larger proportion of the local adult population has left school early or holds vocational certificates.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%, with only 37.6% of people reaching this milestone. About 28.3% of residents finished school at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Brayton, the largest group is Year 12 at 44%, followed by Year 10 (33%) and Year 11 (12%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are less common here than in most areas, with just 11.7% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the Australian average of 26.3%, while Certificates III or IV are more typical at 27.7%.
11.7% —
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Brayton splits fairly evenly between Certificate III / IV (38%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (34%), with Bachelor degree at 24%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in the area are spread across a few key fields, with Management and Commerce being the most common at 14.3%. Engineering and Health also represent a significant share of the local skill set.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of this area, which is a smaller number of facilities than about 59% of similar places.
0
Lower than 99% 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).
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Brayton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10551/brayton/topic/education