66.8% ▲ +131.1%
Higher than 99% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 31.7%
- 2021: 66.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Byron Bay · Urban Area
Education & Qualifications in Byron Bay
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Byron Bay stands among the most highly educated similar areas, with a third of adults holding a university degree. This high level of qualification is matched by a strong school completion rate that has climbed significantly over the last decade.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion has surged in Byron Bay, with 66.8% of people finishing Year 12. This is well above the national figure of 58.8% and represents a 38 point increase since 2011.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Byron Bay, Year 12 is the majority at 74%; Year 10 is next at 16%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 33.2% of the population, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 27.8%. This proportion rose 24 points between 2011 and 2021.
33.2% ▲ +273.0%
Higher than 99% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 33.2%
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 Byron Bay, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 42%, followed by Certificate III / IV (23%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (19%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common qualifications are in management and commerce at 16.5%, followed by society and culture at 13.8% and creative arts at 10.7%.
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 Byron Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/1008/byron-bay/topic/education