37.3% ▲ +19.9%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.2%
- 2016: 33.9%
- 2021: 37.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Old Bar · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Old Bar
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Old Bar have finished high school compared to the rest of the country. Only 37.3% of residents completed Year 12, which is 22 percentage points lower than the national figure. This gap is matched by lower university qualification rates across the area.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
A small number of residents finished high school, with only 37.3% completing Year 12. This is far below the New South Wales and Australian figures, and 32.9% of people stopped at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →Old Bar splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (41%) and Year 10 (36%), with Year 9 or below at 16%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are less common here than in the wider state, with 14.9% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. The most typical qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 36.7% of residents.
14.9% ▲ +42.5%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 14.9%
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 Old Bar, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 47%, followed by Bachelor degree (22%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (19%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Those with qualifications in Old Bar are spread across several fields. Management and commerce are the most common at 14%, followed closely by engineering and related fields at 13.9%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has a low number of schools relative to the number of children, though the typical school is larger than most. There is only one school within 3km, which is a government primary school.
1.09
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
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).
480
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
994
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Old Bar
1 school — 480 students, average ICSEA 994.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Old Bar Public School, Old Bar | Government | Primary | 2.5 km | 480 | 994 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Old Bar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13084/old-bar/topic/education