37.8% ▲ +12.0%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.8%
- 2016: 35.3%
- 2021: 37.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Bemboka · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Bemboka
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common achievement in Bemboka, where 38% of adults hold one. This is an area where far fewer people finished high school than the national average. Only 37.8% of residents completed Year 12, which is 21 points lower than across Australia.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
High school completion is low here, with 37.8% of people finishing Year 12. This is far below the New South Wales and national figures of around 59%.
Highest year of school
View on map →Bemboka splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (41%) and Year 10 (36%), with Year 9 or below at 15%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are less common than in the rest of the state, with 12.7% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is 15 points lower than the New South Wales average.
12.7% ▲ +9.1%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 15.5%
- 2021: 12.7%
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 Bemboka, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 50%, followed by Bachelor degree (21%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (17%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for qualified residents are society and culture at 14.1%, followed by engineering and related fields at 12.3% and management and commerce at 11.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has a high number of schools relative to the number of children, though the local primary school is much smaller than most. The school size is just 29 students, and the school advantage score is much lower than most areas.
10.75
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
1
Lower than 57% 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).
29
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
927
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Bemboka
1 school — 29 students, average ICSEA 927.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Bemboka Public School, Bemboka | Government | Primary | 1.8 km | 29 | 927 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Bemboka [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10284/bemboka/topic/education