31.4% ▼ -6.3%
Lower than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 33.5%
- 2016: 57.7%
- 2021: 31.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Balranald · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Balranald
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Few residents in Balranald have finished high school or university, which shapes the local workforce. Only 31.4% of people here completed Year 12, a figure far below the national average. This trend has worsened since 2011, as the share of people finishing school has fallen.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion is much lower than in most areas, with only 31.4% of residents finishing Year 12. This is 27 points below the Australian figure, and about a quarter of the population finished Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Balranald, the largest group is Year 12 at 37%, followed by Year 10 (30%) and Year 9 or below (22%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 8.8% of the population, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 27.8%. The most common high-level qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 33.4% of residents.
8.8% ▼ -29.4%
Lower than 69% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 30.1%
- 2021: 8.8%
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 Balranald, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 51%; Bachelor degree is next at 19%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are engineering and related subjects at 13.4%, followed by health at 11.5% and education at 8.1%.
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 Balranald [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115005/balranald/topic/education