44.7% ▼ -1.3%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 45.3%
- 2016: 48.3%
- 2021: 44.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Mount Burrell · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Mount Burrell
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people have finished high school in Mount Burrell than in the rest of the country. Only 44.7% of residents completed Year 12, which is well below the national figure of 58.8%. This trend carries into higher education, where university degrees are much less common than in the state average.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Fewer than half of residents have completed Year 12, a figure that sits far below the New South Wales average of 58.9%. Around 18.3% of people stopped their schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Mount Burrell, Year 12 is the majority at 59%; Year 10 is next at 24%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University qualifications are uncommon here, with only 15.6% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the national figure of 26.3%, while Certificate III or IV is the most common qualification at 19.4%.
15.6% ▼ -8.7%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.1%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Mount Burrell splits fairly evenly between Certificate III / IV (31%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (30%), with Bachelor degree at 29%.
Field of study
What people studied.
People with qualifications in Mount Burrell are most likely to have studied society and culture, at 10.3%, followed by health at 9.7% and education at 9.1%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has two schools within 3km, which is more than 66% of similar areas. These schools are small, averaging just 66 students, and are split evenly between government and independent sectors.
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).
66
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,019
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Mount Burrell
2 schools — 131 students, average ICSEA 1,019.
By sector: Independent 1 · Government 1
By type: Combined 1 · Primary 1
| Rainbow Ridge School for Steiner Education, Lillian Rock | Independent | Combined | 5.0 km | 89 | 1,042 |
| Barkers Vale Public School, Wadeville | Government | Primary | 7.0 km | 42 | 971 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Mount Burrell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12760/mount-burrell/topic/education