38.9% ▲ +22.6%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.7%
- 2016: 40.6%
- 2021: 38.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Byabarra · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Byabarra
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Education levels in Byabarra have remained largely steady over the last decade. The area has far fewer people finishing high school than the state average, with only 38.9% of residents completing Year 12. This is 20 percentage points lower than the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
The most common highest year of schooling reached is Year 10, completed by 40.5% of people. Only 38.9% of residents finished Year 12, a result far below the New South Wales average.
Highest year of school
View on map →Byabarra splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (43%) and Year 12 (41%), with Year 9 or below at 10%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 13.7% of the population, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. Certificates III and IV are the most common qualifications, held by 38.6% of adults.
13.7% ▼ -8.9%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.0%
- 2016: 17.6%
- 2021: 13.7%
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 Byabarra, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 49%, followed by Bachelor degree (22%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (16%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in the area are spread across several fields, with Engineering and related studies being the most common at 15.3%. Management and commerce follow closely at 14.8%, with Health at 11.4%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one government primary school within 3km of the area. This school is among the smallest for its level, with an average size of 22 students, and has one of the lowest school advantage scores.
1
Lower than 57% 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).
22
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
838
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Byabarra
1 school — 22 students, average ICSEA 838.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Huntingdon Public School, Wauchope | Government | Primary | 11.6 km | 22 | 838 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Byabarra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10725/byabarra/topic/education