17.4% ▼ -37.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.6%
- 2016: 30.2%
- 2021: 17.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Burraga · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Burraga
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 17.4% of people in Burraga completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This lack of formal schooling is reflected in the qualification levels, where no adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 17.4% of residents finished Year 12, a figure far below the 58.9% in New South Wales. This is among the lowest levels for this qualification in similar areas.
Highest year of school
View on map →Burraga splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (33%) and Year 10 (33%), with Year 9 or below at 33%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
No adults in Burraga hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the national average of 26.3%. Instead, the most common qualifications are Certificate III or IV at 14.6% and diplomas at 12.2%.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 Burraga, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 55%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 45%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common field is management and commerce at 9.8%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of the area, which is 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).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Burraga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10699/burraga/topic/education