31.6% ▲ +39.6%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.7%
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 31.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Bogan Gate · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Bogan Gate
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Over a third of Bogan Gate residents topped their schooling at Year 10, reflecting a community where high school completion is far lower than the state average. This trend continues into adulthood, with only 6.9% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 31.6% of people here finished Year 12, a result far below the New South Wales average of 58.9%. The most common highest year of school completed is Year 10 at 33.2%.
Highest year of school
View on map →Bogan Gate splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (38%) and Year 12 (36%), with Year 9 or below at 21%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is uncommon here, with the typical adult far less likely to have a university degree than those in the rest of Australia. Instead, the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 31.1% of adults.
6.9% ▲ +33.9%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 6.9%
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 Bogan Gate, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 57%; Bachelor degree is next at 24%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in this area are spread across several fields, led by management and commerce at 16% and engineering at 15.1%. Education degrees also make up a notable 12.3% of the mix.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Bogan Gate has a high number of schools per 1,000 children, though these are small government primary schools. The average school size is just 11 students, and the average school advantage score is among the lowest for similar areas.
15.87
Higher than 85% 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).
11
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
828
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Bogan Gate
1 school — 11 students, average ICSEA 828.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Bogan Gate Public School, Bogan Gate | Government | Primary | 3.5 km | 11 | 828 |
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Bogan Gate [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10437/bogan-gate/topic/education