38.5% —
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Beemunnel · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Beemunnel
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 20 percentage points separates Beemunnel from the state average in school completion. Only 38.5% of people here finished Year 12, which is far below the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Fewer people finished high school here than in most areas, with only 38.5% completing Year 12. This is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Beemunnel, the largest group is Year 12 at 50%, followed by Year 10 (35%) and Year 9 or below (15%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The share of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is 15.4%, which is around the middle for similar areas but far below the national figure of 26.3%.
15.4% —
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Beemunnel splits fairly evenly between Bachelor degree (36%) and Certificate III / IV (36%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 27%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Natural & physical sciences at 0%, ahead of Information technology (0%).
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are two schools within 3km of the area, which is more than about 66% of similar places. These schools are smaller than most and have a low average advantage score.
2
Higher than 62% 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).
178
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
866
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Beemunnel
2 schools — 355 students, average ICSEA 866.
By sector: Catholic 1 · Government 1
By type: Primary 1 · Combined 1
| St Mary's Parish School, Warren | Catholic | Primary | 3.7 km | 127 | 1,014 |
| Warren Central School, Warren | Government | Combined | 4.3 km | 228 | 783 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Beemunnel [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10252/beemunnel/topic/education