26.3% ▲ +42.4%
Lower than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 18.4%
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 26.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Bingara · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Bingara
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Bingara have finished high school or university than the state or national figures. Only 26.3% of residents have completed Year 12, though this is 7.8 percentage points higher than it was in 2011. Most adults here hold vocational certificates rather than university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%, with only 26.3% of people finishing. The most common highest school year reached is Year 10, at 35.9%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Bingara, the largest group is Year 10 at 39%, followed by Year 12 (29%) and Year 9 or below (27%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University qualifications are much lower than in most areas, with only 7.5% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. Instead, 36.2% of residents have a Certificate III or IV as their highest qualification.
7.5% ▲ +60.7%
Lower than 78% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 6.9%
- 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 Bingara, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 52%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 19%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are Health at 13.1% and Engineering at 12.1%. Management and commerce and society and culture both account for 11.3% of qualifications.
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 Bingara [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115018/bingara/topic/education