37.5% ▲ +6.7%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.2%
- 2016: 36.1%
- 2021: 37.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Bukkulla · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Bukkulla
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 37.5% of people in Bukkulla finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This suggests a community where many residents left school early or focused on practical skills rather than formal academic study.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the New South Wales and Australian figures, with only 37.5% of residents reaching that milestone. About 25.9% of people stopped their schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Bukkulla, the largest group is Year 12 at 45%, followed by Year 10 (31%) and Year 9 or below (13%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The proportion of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is 15.3%, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. Instead, the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 32.9% of residents.
15.3% ▲ +69.3%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 14.4%
- 2021: 15.3%
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 Bukkulla, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 42%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (23%) and Bachelor degree (22%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across various fields, with Education (14.5%) and Agriculture and environment (13.2%) being the most common areas of study.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 kilometres of the area, making it smaller than about 59% of similar places.
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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 Bukkulla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10645/bukkulla/topic/education