45.4% ▲ +15.4%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 39.4%
- 2016: 42.1%
- 2021: 45.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Bligh Park · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Bligh Park
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Bligh Park have finished high school or university compared to the state and national figures. Only 45.4% of residents completed Year 12, which is 13 percentage points lower than the Australian average. This gap extends to higher education, where only 13.2% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 45.4% of people completed Year 12, a figure far below the New South Wales average of 58.9%. This is the most common highest level of schooling in the area, followed by Year 10 at 33%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Bligh Park, the largest group is Year 12 at 47%, followed by Year 10 (34%) and Year 9 or below (10%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The proportion of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is 13.2%, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. Instead, Certificate III or IV is the most common qualification, held by 43.9% of residents.
13.2% ▲ +41.8%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 13.2%
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 Bligh Park, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 50%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 20%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields of study are management and commerce at 19.7% and engineering and related fields at 16.7%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Bligh Park has six schools within 3km, more than about 77% of similar areas. However, the number of schools per 1,000 children is much lower than most areas, and the typical school size of 414 is higher than most.
1.40
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
6
Higher than 74% 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).
414
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
970
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Bligh Park
6 schools — 2,484 students, average ICSEA 970.
By sector: Government 4 · Catholic 2
By type: Primary 5 · Secondary 1
| Bligh Park Public School, Bligh Park | Government | Primary | 0.6 km | 283 | 933 |
| Chisholm Catholic Primary School, Bligh Park | Catholic | Primary | 0.7 km | 411 | 1,005 |
| Bede Polding College, South Windsor | Catholic | Secondary | 0.9 km | 1,101 | 1,007 |
| Windsor Park Public School, South Windsor | Government | Primary | 1.2 km | 231 | 949 |
| Windsor South Public School, South Windsor | Government | Primary | 2.3 km | 333 | 858 |
| Windsor Public School, Windsor | Government | Primary | 3.4 km | 125 | 944 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Bligh Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10410/bligh-park/topic/education