57.1% —
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Bobundara · Suburb / Locality
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 13 percentage points separates Bobundara from New South Wales when it comes to university degrees. While more than half of residents have finished Year 12, higher education levels are far below the state and national figures.
Highest year of school completed.
About 57.1% of people here completed Year 12, which is much higher than in most similar areas. This figure is a little below the state and national averages, which both sit around 59%.
57.1% —
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
In Bobundara, Year 12 is the majority at 71%; Year 10 is next at 29%.
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 14.8% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. This is around the middle for its level, though it remains far below the Australian figure of 26.3%.
14.8% —
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
In Bobundara, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 56%; Bachelor degree is next at 44%.
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Health at 24%, ahead of Architecture & building (18%).
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of the area, a total that is smaller than about 59% of similar places.
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Lower than 99% 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).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Bobundara [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10429/bobundara/topic/education