41.2% ▼ -5.1%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 43.5%
- 2016: 42.7%
- 2021: 41.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Byrrill Creek · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Byrrill Creek
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Higher education levels have become more common in Byrrill Creek, with nearly one in five adults now holding a bachelor degree or higher. While university qualifications are more frequent here than in most similar areas, the community still sees far fewer people finishing Year 12 than the national average.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 41.2% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. About 19% of people left school at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Byrrill Creek, Year 12 is the majority at 53%; Year 10 is next at 25%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Nearly 20% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but well below the Australian average of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 35.9% of residents.
19.8% ▲ +2.6%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.3%
- 2016: 20.9%
- 2021: 19.8%
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 Byrrill Creek, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 49%, followed by Bachelor degree (28%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (10%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common areas of study for those with qualifications are engineering and related fields at 13%, followed by architecture, building, society, and culture at 9.8% each.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The local school is an independent, combined-year facility with a very small average size of 55 students, though it has a much higher advantage score than most other schools.
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).
55
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,057
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Byrrill Creek
1 school — 55 students, average ICSEA 1,057.
By sector: Independent 1
By type: Combined 1
| Aetaomah School, Terragon | Independent | Combined | 3.8 km | 55 | 1,057 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Byrrill Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10732/byrrill-creek/topic/education