38.5% —
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 35.7%
- 2021: 38.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Buchanan · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Buchanan
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 38.5% of residents in Buchanan completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This highlights a significant gap in high school completion for the area. While some residents hold higher degrees, many have focused on trade-based learning instead.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Completion rates for Year 12 are far below the state and national averages, with a 20 point gap. Instead, 34.6% of people here listed Year 10 as their highest year of school.
Highest year of school
View on map →Buchanan splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (42%) and Year 10 (38%), with Year 9 or below at 13%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 16.6% of the population, which is well below the Australian figure of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 40.6% of residents.
16.6% —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.8%
- 2021: 16.6%
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 Buchanan, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 50%, followed by Bachelor degree (22%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (16%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in Buchanan are spread across several fields, led by Engineering and related services at 15.8% and Society and Culture at 14.9%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are five schools within 3km, more than about 75% of similar areas, though the average school advantage score is much lower than most. Government primary schools make up the bulk of the local sector.
5
Higher than 73% 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).
369
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
905
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Buchanan
5 schools — 1,846 students, average ICSEA 905.
By sector: Government 4 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 4 · Secondary 1
| Stanford Merthyr Infants School, Stanford Merthyr | Government | Primary | 3.3 km | 54 | 950 |
| Holy Spirit Primary School, Kurri Kurri | Catholic | Primary | 4.4 km | 186 | 994 |
| Kurri Kurri High School, Kurri Kurri | Government | Secondary | 4.4 km | 917 | 894 |
| Pelaw Main Public School, Pelaw Main | Government | Primary | 4.7 km | 115 | 901 |
| Kurri Kurri Public School, Kurri Kurri | Government | Primary | 5.0 km | 574 | 891 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Buchanan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10625/buchanan/topic/education