42.8% ▲ +4.5%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 40.9%
- 2016: 36.7%
- 2021: 42.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Broke · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Broke
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Typical schooling and degree levels in Broke are around the middle for similar areas, though they remain far below state and national figures. Only 13.1% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is much lower than the 26.3% seen across Australia.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Far fewer people in Broke finished high school compared to the rest of the country, with only 42.8% completing Year 12. This is 16 percentage points lower than both the New South Wales and Australian averages.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Broke, the largest group is Year 12 at 45%, followed by Year 10 (32%) and Year 9 or below (15%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Trade qualifications are common here, as Certificate III or IV is the most frequent highest qualification at 42.5%. This helps explain why the proportion of people with university degrees is far below the state figure.
13.1% ▲ +2.1%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.9%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 13.1%
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 Broke, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 51%; Bachelor degree is next at 22%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Engineering and related fields are the most common areas of study for those with qualifications, making up 24.5% of the total. Management and commerce follow at 16.1%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are more schools per child here than in most similar areas, though the average school size is much smaller at just 25 students. Local education is provided entirely by government primary schools.
9.52
Higher than 74% 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).
25
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
837
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Broke
2 schools — 49 students, average ICSEA 837.
By sector: Government 2
By type: Primary 2
| Broke Public School, Broke | Government | Primary | 2.7 km | 30 | 861 |
| Milbrodale Public School, Milbrodale | Government | Primary | 12.8 km | 19 | 800 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Broke [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10587/broke/topic/education