38.6% ▲ +18.9%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.4%
- 2016: 33.6%
- 2021: 38.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Buxton · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Buxton
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 20 percentage points separates Buxton from the state average for Year 12 completion. This reflects a community where formal higher education is much less common than in most other parts of Australia. Only 9.2% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion ever reached by 38.6% of residents is far below the New South Wales average of 58.9%. About 36.9% of the population finished school at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →Buxton splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (41%) and Year 10 (40%), with Year 9 or below at 10%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up just 9.2% of the population, which is far below the 26.3% seen across Australia. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 49.6% of residents.
9.2% ▲ +10.1%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.4%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 9.2%
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 Buxton, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 61%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 17%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are engineering and related subjects at 19.3%, followed by management and commerce at 14.2%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Buxton has three schools within 3km, and the average school size of 645 is much higher than most areas. These schools have an average advantage score of 1,011, which is higher than most areas.
2.25
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
3
Higher than 67% 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).
645
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,011
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Buxton
3 schools — 1,935 students, average ICSEA 1,011.
By sector: Government 2 · Independent 1
By type: Primary 2 · Combined 1
| Buxton Public School, Buxton | Government | Primary | 1.1 km | 163 | 949 |
| Wollondilly Anglican College, Tahmoor | Independent | Combined | 3.3 km | 1,247 | 1,054 |
| Tahmoor Public School, Tahmoor | Government | Primary | 5.6 km | 525 | 927 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Buxton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10724/buxton/topic/education