39.2% ▼ -24.5%
Higher than 52% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 52.0%
- 2016: 35.5%
- 2021: 39.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Buxton · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Buxton
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Just 8.5% of adults in Buxton hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the figures for New South Wales and Australia. This marks a significant shift for the area, as the proportion of university-educated residents has fallen by 14 points since 2011.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion rates have dropped 13 points since 2011 to 39.2%. This is far below the state and national figures, which both sit around 59%.
Highest year of school
View on map →Buxton splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (42%) and Year 10 (39%), with Year 9 or below at 10%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 51.7% of residents. This helps explain why the area has a much lower proportion of university degrees compared to most other places.
8.5% ▼ -61.7%
Lower than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.2%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 8.5%
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 Buxton, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 63%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 16%.
Field of study
What people studied.
For those with higher qualifications, the most common fields are engineering and related subjects at 18.9%, followed by management and commerce at 15.2%.
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 Buxton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115034/buxton/topic/education