39.1% ▲ +35.3%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 33.7%
- 2021: 39.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Burrill Lake · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Burrill Lake
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer people have finished high school in Burrill Lake than in most similar areas. Just 39.1% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This trend is mirrored in higher education, where the proportion of adults with a university degree is also well below the state and national averages.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 39.1% of people here completed Year 12, which is 20 percentage points lower than both the New South Wales and Australian figures. About 34.3% of residents stopped at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Burrill Lake, the largest group is Year 12 at 42%, followed by Year 10 (36%) and Year 9 or below (15%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 12.7% of the population, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 27.8%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 44.3% of residents.
12.7% ▲ +67.9%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 12.7%
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 Burrill Lake, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 54%; Bachelor degree is next at 19%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification are Engineering and related subjects at 15.2%, followed by Management and commerce at 13.7% and Architecture and building at 12.2%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are two government schools within 3km, which is more than about 66% of similar areas. These schools are among the largest at this level, with an average size of 924 students.
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).
924
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
987
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Burrill Lake
2 schools — 1,848 students, average ICSEA 987.
By sector: Government 2
By type: Secondary 1 · Primary 1
| Ulladulla High School, Ulladulla | Government | Secondary | 4.7 km | 1,159 | 993 |
| Ulladulla Public School, Ulladulla | Government | Primary | 4.9 km | 689 | 978 |
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Burrill Lake [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10709/burrill-lake/topic/education