38.3% ▲ +101.9%
Lower than 51% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.0%
- 2016: 39.1%
- 2021: 38.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Balmoral · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Balmoral
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 Balmoral. While the area has far fewer people finishing high school and university than the state average, there has been a strong upward trend in local education levels over the last decade.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 38.3% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. However, this is a significant improvement from 2011, when only 19% had completed their final school year.
Highest year of school
View on map →Balmoral splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (43%) and Year 10 (42%), with Year 9 or below at 10%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 15.3% of the population, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but still far below the New South Wales average of 27.8%. This represents a 10 point rise since 2011.
15.3% ▲ +189.7%
Higher than 69% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 15.3%
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 Balmoral, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 55%; Bachelor degree is next at 20%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification for those with degrees or certificates are engineering and related fields at 16.9%, followed by management and commerce at 11.9%.
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 Balmoral [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122011/balmoral/topic/education