38.7% —
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 40.0%
- 2021: 38.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Bago · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Bago
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Education levels in Bago have remained relatively low compared to the rest of the country. Only 38.7% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This gap in basic schooling is mirrored in higher education, where far fewer adults hold university degrees than in the wider state.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the New South Wales average of 58.9%, with only 38.7% of people finishing their final year. Around 19.4% of residents finished at Year 10, and another 19.4% left school at Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Bago, the largest group is Year 12 at 50%, followed by Year 10 (25%) and Year 9 or below (25%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are less common here, with 17.1% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is well below the Australian figure of 26.3%. The most common qualifications are bachelor degrees and Certificate III or IV, both at 27.3%.
17.1% —
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 17.1%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Bago splits fairly evenly between Bachelor degree (50%) and Certificate III / IV (50%).
Field of study
What people studied.
For those with qualifications, Engineering and related fields are the most common at 40.9%. Health and Society and Culture are also represented, each accounting for 13.6% of qualifications.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Bago has three primary schools within 3km, which is more than about 70% of similar areas. These schools are mostly government-run (66.7%), though they have a much lower average advantage score than most areas.
3
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools serving the area — within 3 km of small areas, or inside larger ones. A measure of access (catchments overlap, so don't add it across areas).
308
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
932
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Bago
3 schools — 923 students, average ICSEA 932.
By sector: Government 2 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 3
| Huntingdon Public School, Wauchope | Government | Primary | 4.5 km | 22 | 838 |
| St Joseph's Primary School, Wauchope | Catholic | Primary | 9.4 km | 277 | 1,011 |
| Wauchope Public School, Wauchope | Government | Primary | 9.5 km | 624 | 900 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Bago [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10138/bago/topic/education