49.0% ▲ +15.0%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 42.6%
- 2016: 46.3%
- 2021: 49.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Upper Burringbar · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Upper Burringbar
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
About 49% of people in Upper Burringbar have finished Year 12, which is a higher proportion than in most similar areas. While this is a strong local result, it remains well below the New South Wales and national figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Nearly half of residents completed Year 12, though this is still 9.9 percentage points lower than the state and national averages. Roughly 27.9% of the population finished Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Upper Burringbar, Year 12 is the majority at 56%; Year 10 is next at 32%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
More than one in five adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but well below the national average. Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common, held by 26.9% of residents.
21.6% ▲ +98.4%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 21.6%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Upper Burringbar splits fairly evenly between Certificate III / IV (32%) and Bachelor degree (29%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 19%.
Field of study
What people studied.
People with qualifications in Upper Burringbar most often studied society and culture (11.5%) or health (10.9%), followed by engineering and related fields at 10.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area is served by one government primary school, which is much smaller than those in most similar areas with an average size of 93 students.
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).
93
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
992
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Upper Burringbar
1 school — 93 students, average ICSEA 992.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Burringbar Public School, Burringbar | Government | Primary | 5.0 km | 93 | 992 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Upper Burringbar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14033/upper-burringbar/topic/education