27.4% ▲ +28.3%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.3%
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 27.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Brewarrina · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Brewarrina
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Just 27.4% of Brewarrina residents have finished Year 12, a figure far below the national average. This gap in secondary schooling is a defining feature of the area's educational profile, where many adults leave school earlier than those in other parts of the state.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion is among the lowest for similar areas, with 28.5% of people reaching Year 10 as their highest level. This is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9% for Year 12 completion.
Highest year of school
View on map →Brewarrina splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (35%) and Year 12 (33%), with Year 9 or below at 24%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is less common here, with only 9.2% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the national figure of 26.3%.
9.2% ▲ +38.8%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.6%
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 9.2%
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 Brewarrina, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 38%, followed by Bachelor degree (25%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (21%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are health at 12.5% and education at 9.8%, followed by management and commerce at 9.2%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Brewarrina has a much higher number of schools per child than most areas, though they are much smaller than average. There are two schools within 3km, split evenly between government and Catholic providers.
10.05
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
2
Higher than 62% 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).
80
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
679
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Brewarrina
2 schools — 159 students, average ICSEA 679.
By sector: Government 1 · Catholic 1
By type: Combined 1 · Primary 1
| Brewarrina Central School, Brewarrina | Government | Combined | 6.1 km | 122 | 652 |
| St Patrick's Parish School, Brewarrina | Catholic | Primary | 6.3 km | 37 | 770 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Brewarrina [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10560/brewarrina/topic/education