31.7% ▲ +25.8%
Lower than 73% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.2%
- 2016: 33.1%
- 2021: 31.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Batlow · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Batlow
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Practical skills and trade certifications shape the local workforce in Batlow, where only 8.2% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the national figure, reflecting a community that leans more toward vocational training than university studies.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion sits at 31.7%, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9% and lower than most areas. While this rate has risen 6.5 points since 2011, about 31.5% of residents still list Year 10 as their highest school year.
Highest year of school
View on map →Batlow splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (36%) and Year 10 (35%), with Year 9 or below at 20%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Certificates III and IV are the most common qualifications here at 39.2%. The proportion of people with university degrees is much lower than in most other areas, though it has ticked up slightly since 2011.
8.2% ▲ +16.5%
Lower than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.0%
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 8.2%
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 Batlow, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 52%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 20%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across various fields, with Engineering and related studies being the most common at 16.0%. Management and commerce follow closely at 14.8%, while Society and culture account for 9.9%.
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 Batlow [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115012/batlow/topic/education