36.2% ▲ +13.8%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.8%
- 2016: 33.1%
- 2021: 36.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Bargo · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Bargo
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 36.2% of Bargo residents finished Year 12, making it a place where far fewer people completed high school than in the rest of Australia. This low rate of school completion is reflected in the local qualification levels, which are also much lower than the state and national figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
A small minority of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. Instead, the most common highest year of schooling for people here is Year 10, reached by 37.8% of the population.
Highest year of school
View on map →Bargo splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (40%) and Year 12 (38%), with Year 9 or below at 14%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 10.7% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far below the Australian average of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 45.7% of residents.
10.7% ▲ +41.8%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 10.7%
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 Bargo, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 55%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 18%.
Field of study
What people studied.
For those with higher qualifications, the most common fields of study are Engineering and related fields at 20.5%, followed by Management and commerce at 15.8%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Bargo has five schools within 3km, which is more than about 75% of similar areas. While the average school size of 448 is higher than most, there are only 2.19 schools per 1,000 children.
2.19
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
5
Higher than 73% 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).
448
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,002
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Bargo
5 schools — 2,238 students, average ICSEA 1,002.
By sector: Government 4 · Independent 1
By type: Primary 4 · Combined 1
| Bargo Public School, Bargo | Government | Primary | 0.8 km | 268 | 945 |
| Wollondilly Anglican College, Tahmoor | Independent | Combined | 4.0 km | 1,247 | 1,054 |
| Yanderra Public School, Yanderra | Government | Primary | 4.0 km | 35 | 934 |
| Buxton Public School, Buxton | Government | Primary | 5.9 km | 163 | 949 |
| Tahmoor Public School, Tahmoor | Government | Primary | 6.6 km | 525 | 927 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Bargo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10199/bargo/topic/education