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Upper Dartbrook · Suburb / Locality

Education & Qualifications in Upper Dartbrook

How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.

Certificate III and IV qualifications are the most common achievement in Upper Dartbrook, held by 41% of adults. While university degrees are more common here than in most similar areas, overall school completion rates are much lower than the national figures.

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Where Upper Dartbrook sits — Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

19.0% —

All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Upper Dartbrook — higher than 64% of areas.

Upper Dartbrook19.0%
2336, NSW 8.7%
New South Wales 27.8%
Australia 26.3%

Schooling

Highest year of school completed.

Only 42.5% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the 58.8% national figure. A large portion of the population finished school at Year 10 or earlier.

Completed Year 12

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42.5% —

Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.

Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.

Highest year of school

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Upper Dartbrook splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (44%) and Year 10 (40%), with Year 9 or below at 12%.

Year 12 42.5% Year 10 38.1% Year 9 or below 11.5% Year 11 3.5%

Qualifications

Post-school qualifications and degrees.

About 19% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but still well below the New South Wales average of 27.8%.

Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

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19.0% —

Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.

Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).

Highest qualification level

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In Upper Dartbrook, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 51%; Bachelor degree is next at 30%.

Certificate III / IV 41.0% Bachelor degree 24.4% Advanced diploma / diploma 11.5% Graduate diploma / certificate 3.8%

Field of study

What people studied.

Qualifications in the area are spread across several fields, led by Engineering at 26.9%, followed by Agriculture and environment at 14.1% and Health at 12.8%.

Schools

Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).

There are no schools within 3 kilometres of the area, making it smaller in this regard than about 59% of similar places.

Schools within 3 km

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Lower than 99% 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).

Schools in and around Upper Dartbrook — hover a marker for details. Open the full map →

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
  • Australian Schools List — Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), 2025 (CC BY 4.0).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Upper Dartbrook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14040/upper-dartbrook/topic/education