27.5% ▼ -12.0%
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 31.3%
- 2016: 31.5%
- 2021: 27.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Barraba · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Barraba
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 27.5% of residents in Barraba have completed Year 12, a figure that is far below both the state and national averages. This reflects a local trend where high school completion has fallen since 2011. The area has a much lower proportion of university-qualified adults compared to most other regions.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%, having fallen 3.7 points since 2011. The most common highest school year reached in the area is Year 10 at 29.2%.
Highest year of school
View on map →Barraba splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (33%) and Year 12 (31%), with Year 9 or below at 30%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Just 7.5% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. This proportion has fallen slightly since 2011, and the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 34.8% of residents.
7.5% ▼ -13.6%
Lower than 78% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.7%
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 7.5%
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 Barraba, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 52%; Bachelor degree is next at 20%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are management and commerce at 13.4%, followed by engineering and related fields at 12.4% and health at 11.4%.
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 Barraba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115010/barraba/topic/education