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Burnt Yards · Suburb / Locality

Education & Qualifications in Burnt Yards

How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.

A strong focus on finishing secondary school defines Burnt Yards, where 61.5% of people completed Year 12. This is much higher than in most similar areas. While school completion is high, fewer residents hold university degrees compared to the wider state.

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Where Burnt Yards sits — Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

13.8% —

All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Burnt Yards — lower than 53% of areas.

Burnt Yards13.8%
2792, NSW 17.9%
New South Wales 27.8%
Australia 26.3%

Schooling

Highest year of school completed.

About 61.5% of residents finished Year 12, which is a little above the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. This is a much higher rate of completion than in most similar areas.

Highest year of school

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In Burnt Yards, Year 12 is the majority at 59%; Year 10 is next at 41%.

Year 12 61.5% Year 10 42.3%

Qualifications

Post-school qualifications and degrees.

Only 13.8% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the Australian average of 26.3%. Instead, the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 46.2% of people.

Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

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13.8% —

Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.

Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).

Highest qualification level

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In Burnt Yards, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 52%; Bachelor degree is next at 17%.

Certificate III / IV 46.2% Bachelor degree 15.4% Certificate I / II 15.4% Advanced diploma / diploma 11.5%

Field of study

What people studied.

Those with qualifications here most often studied management and commerce, at 23.1%, followed by society and culture at 15.4%.

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In Burnt Yards, the largest group is Management & commerce at 38%, followed by Society & culture (25%) and Engineering & related (19%).

Management & commerce 23.1% Society & culture 15.4% Engineering & related 11.5% Health 11.5%

Schools

Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).

There are no schools within 3 km of the area, a situation that is more common here than in about 59% of similar places.

Schools within 3 km

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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).

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Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
  • Australian Schools List — Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), 2025 (CC BY 4.0).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Burnt Yards [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10692/burnt-yards/topic/education