48.7% ▲ +13.6%
Higher than 70% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 42.8%
- 2016: 45.1%
- 2021: 48.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Bathurst · Urban Area
Education & Qualifications in Bathurst
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Bathurst have finished high school or earned a degree compared to the state average. While 19% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, this is well below the New South Wales figure of 27.8%. Despite these gaps, both school and university completion rates have risen since 2011.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the national figure of 58.8%, though it rose 5.8 points since 2011 to reach 48.7%. This is higher than most similar areas, but 26.2% of residents still list Year 10 as their highest school year.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Bathurst, Year 12 is the majority at 53%; Year 10 is next at 29%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The number of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is well below the Australian average at 19.0%. The most common qualification in the area is a Certificate III or IV, held by 33.5% of people.
19.0% ▲ +36.6%
Higher than 71% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 16.3%
- 2021: 19.0%
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 Bathurst, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 42%, followed by Bachelor degree (26%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (17%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Management and commerce is the most common field of study at 17%, followed by engineering and related subjects at 13.8% and society and culture at 12.1%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Bathurst [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/1005/bathurst/topic/education