47.5% —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 35.1%
- 2021: 47.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Buller · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Buller
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Education levels in Buller have remained steady since 2011, though the area has a much lower proportion of people with university degrees than the rest of the country. Only 15.7% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Less than half of residents, 47.5%, have finished Year 12. This is far below the 58.8% national average, with 32% of people having Year 10 as their highest school year.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Buller, the largest group is Year 12 at 47%, followed by Year 10 (32%) and Year 11 (14%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Trade qualifications are common here, with 45.3% of people holding a Certificate III or IV. This helps explain why the 15.7% of adults with a degree is well below the Western Australian average of 23.8%.
15.7% —
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 15.7%
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 Buller, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 51%; Bachelor degree is next at 24%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across several fields, led by Engineering at 21.3%, followed by Education and Management and commerce, which both sit at 16.0%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area is served by one independent school, which is smaller than most others in similar areas. This combined school has an average advantage score of 982, placing it around the middle for its 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).
111
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
982
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Buller
1 school — 111 students, average ICSEA 982.
By sector: Independent 1
By type: Combined 1
| Leaning Tree Steiner School, Glenfield | Independent | Combined | 3.8 km | 111 | 982 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Buller [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50204/buller/topic/education