34.5% ▼ -6.8%
Lower than 63% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 37.0%
- 2016: 54.2%
- 2021: 34.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Bilbul · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Bilbul
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Just 7.1% of adults in Bilbul hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the national figure. The area has a low rate of formal schooling, with fewer people finishing Year 12 compared to most other parts of the country.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 34.5% of residents finished Year 12, a figure that is far below the New South Wales average of 58.9% and has fallen since 2011.
Highest year of school
View on map →Bilbul splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (41%) and Year 10 (36%), with Year 9 or below at 15%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are uncommon here, with 7.1% of adults holding one, while the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV at 40.3%.
7.1% ▲ +32.4%
Lower than 80% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.4%
- 2016: 29.6%
- 2021: 7.1%
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 Bilbul, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 58%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 18%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for those with qualifications are management and commerce at 20.2%, followed by engineering at 15.5%.
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 Bilbul [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122016/bilbul/topic/education