81.3% ▲ +3.8%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 78.3%
- 2016: 82.9%
- 2021: 81.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Barton · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Barton
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A massive gap in higher education marks Barton, where 64.7% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. This figure is far above the national average and indicates a highly qualified population. Most residents have completed Year 12 and a significant proportion hold postgraduate degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Schooling levels are among the highest for similar areas, with 81.3% of residents completing Year 12. This is well above the ACT figure and far above the national rate of 58.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Barton, Year 12 is the majority at 93%; Year 10 is next at 4%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University qualifications are very common here, with 35.8% of adults holding a bachelor degree and another 29.2% with a postgraduate degree. This level of attainment is far above both the state and national figures.
64.7% ▲ +7.9%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.9%
- 2016: 64.4%
- 2021: 64.7%
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 Barton, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 42%, followed by Postgraduate degree (35%) and Graduate diploma / certificate (9%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are society and culture at 33.7% and management and commerce at 17.0%. Other notable fields include health, information technology, and engineering.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Barton has a high number of schools within 3km and an average school size of 682, which is much higher than most areas. Government schools make up 56.3% of the sector, while the area's average school advantage score is among the highest.
6.94
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
16
Higher than 86% 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).
682
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,141
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Barton
16 schools — 10,912 students, average ICSEA 1,141.
By sector: Government 9 · Catholic 4 · Independent 3
By type: Primary 9 · Secondary 5 · Combined 2
| Telopea Park School, Barton | Government | Combined | 0.9 km | 1,586 | 1,153 |
| Forrest Primary School, Forrest | Government | Primary | 1.5 km | 479 | 1,145 |
| St Edmund's College Canberra, Griffith | Independent | Combined | 1.7 km | 935 | 1,080 |
| St Clare's College, Griffith | Catholic | Secondary | 1.9 km | 887 | 1,087 |
| Campbell Primary School, Campbell | Government | Primary | 2.4 km | 267 | 1,136 |
| Narrabundah Early Childhood School, Narrabundah | Government | Primary | 2.5 km | 53 | 990 |
| Canberra Girls Grammar School, Deakin | Independent | Secondary | 2.5 km | 1,203 | 1,177 |
| St Thomas More's Primary School, Campbell | Catholic | Primary | 2.7 km | 179 | 1,145 |
| Canberra Grammar School, Red Hill | Independent | Secondary | 2.7 km | 2,116 | 1,187 |
| St Benedict's Primary School, Narrabundah | Catholic | Primary | 3.1 km | 165 | 1,061 |
| Narrabundah College, Narrabundah | Government | Secondary | 3.2 km | 977 | 1,131 |
| Campbell High School, Campbell | Government | Secondary | 3.4 km | 420 | 1,120 |
| Yarralumla Primary School, Yarralumla | Government | Primary | 3.4 km | 313 | 1,142 |
| Red Hill Primary School, Red Hill | Government | Primary | 3.6 km | 720 | 1,133 |
| St Bede's Primary School, Red Hill | Catholic | Primary | 3.6 km | 261 | 1,117 |
| Ainslie School, Braddon | Government | Primary | 3.8 km | 351 | 1,130 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Barton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80022/barton/topic/education