21.8% ▼ -16.5%
Lower than 94% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.1%
- 2016: 65.6%
- 2021: 21.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Dareton · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Dareton
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
About 23% of residents in Dareton have a Year 9 education or below, the most common schooling level. The area faces significant gaps in formal education compared to the rest of the state, with very few adults holding university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion in Dareton is far below the national figure, with only 21.8% of people finishing school. This figure has fallen by 4.3 points since 2011, leaving it among the lowest for this level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →Dareton splits fairly evenly between Year 9 or below (31%) and Year 12 (29%), with Year 10 at 24%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 7% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the New South Wales average of 27.8%. While this is much lower than most areas, the proportion of people with degrees has risen 3.1 points since 2011.
7.0% ▲ +77.3%
Lower than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 43.7%
- 2021: 7.0%
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 Dareton, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 40%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (27%) and Bachelor degree (21%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields of study are society and culture at 11.9%, followed by health and management and commerce, both at 8.4%.
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 Dareton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122048/dareton/topic/education