32.4% ▼ -8.9%
Lower than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 35.5%
- 2016: 55.6%
- 2021: 32.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Broadwater · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Broadwater
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common achievement for adults in Broadwater (L). The area has seen a decline in schooling and degree levels, with only 32.4% of people finishing Year 12.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Far fewer people in Broadwater (L) finished Year 12 compared to the national figure of 58.8%. This rate fell 3.2 points since 2011, and it is now much lower than most other similar areas.
Highest year of school
View on map →Broadwater splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (38%) and Year 10 (37%), with Year 9 or below at 15%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The share of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is 10.3%, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 27.8%. This proportion also fell 2.8 points since 2011.
10.3% ▼ -21.4%
Lower than 58% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 10.3%
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 Broadwater, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 59%; Bachelor degree is next at 15%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in this area are most often in engineering and related fields at 16.8%, followed by management and commerce at 13.3%.
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 Broadwater [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121014/broadwater/topic/education