25.0% —
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Burrinjuck · Suburb / Locality
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 34 percentage points separates Burrinjuck from the rest of the state in school completion. Only 25% of people here finished Year 12, and no adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. This is among the lowest levels of formal education seen across similar areas.
Highest year of school completed.
The proportion of people who completed Year 12 is far below the national figure of 58.8%. For those who did finish school, the most common highest year reached was Year 10 at 30%.
25.0% —
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
In Burrinjuck, the largest group is Year 10 at 40%, followed by Year 12 (33%) and Year 9 or below (27%).
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
No one in the area holds a university degree, which is far below the New South Wales average of 27.8%. Instead, the most common qualification is an advanced diploma or diploma, held by 26.9% of adults.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
In Burrinjuck, Advanced diploma / diploma is the majority at 64%; Certificate III / IV is next at 36%.
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are information technology at 15.4%, followed by engineering, architecture, and management each at 11.5%.
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of the area, a situation more common than in about 59% of similar places.
0
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).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Burrinjuck [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10711/burrinjuck/topic/education