29.9% ▲ +26.4%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.6%
- 2016: 26.1%
- 2021: 29.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Degilbo · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Degilbo
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 29 percentage points separates Degilbo from the national figure for Year 12 completions. This community has far fewer people with high school or university degrees than most other areas. Only 1.9% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is among the lowest levels seen across similar regions.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 29.9% of residents have completed Year 12, a figure far below both the state and national averages. The remaining group is split between those who finished Year 10 (26%) and those who left school in Year 9 or earlier (21.4%).
Highest year of school
View on map →Degilbo splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (34%) and Year 10 (30%), with Year 9 or below at 25%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Certificate III or IV is the most common qualification here at 37.6%. This explains why the number of people with a bachelor degree is far below the national figure, as trade and vocational certificates are much more typical than university degrees.
1.9% ▼ -38.5%
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 1.9%
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 Degilbo, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 68%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 26%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are Engineering and Health, each accounting for 12.9% of the total. Management and commerce follow at 9.4%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one government-run combined school, which is smaller than most others with an average size of 116 students. This school's advantage score is among the lowest at this level.
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).
116
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
895
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Degilbo
1 school — 116 students, average ICSEA 895.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Combined 1
| Biggenden State School, Biggenden | Government | Combined | 7.5 km | 116 | 895 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Degilbo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30827/degilbo/topic/education