62.4% ▲ +32.1%
Higher than 96% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 47.3%
- 2016: 31.8%
- 2021: 62.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Burrawang · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Burrawang
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Higher levels of schooling and university degrees are common in Burrawang, where 62.4% of residents have finished Year 12. This reflects a community with a strong educational foundation, with the proportion of people holding a degree or higher rising by 10 percentage points since 2011.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is well above the national figure of 58.8%, and this has grown significantly from 47.3% in 2011 to 62.4% today.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Burrawang, Year 12 is the majority at 72%; Year 10 is next at 18%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The area has a high number of university-educated adults, with 32.6% holding a bachelor degree or higher, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 27.8%.
32.6% ▲ +44.7%
Higher than 98% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.5%
- 2016: 17.0%
- 2021: 32.6%
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 Burrawang, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 40%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (27%) and Certificate III / IV (19%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for those with qualifications are society and culture at 14.5%, followed by management and commerce at 13.9% and creative arts 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 Burrawang [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122029/burrawang/topic/education