45.3% —
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 43.6%
- 2021: 45.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Bohnock · Suburb / Locality
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 Bohnock, where 31.1% of adults hold one. The area generally has lower formal education levels than the state and national averages, with fewer residents completing Year 12 or holding university degrees.
Highest year of school completed.
Only 45.3% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales and national figures of around 59%. This makes Bohnock's school completion rate far lower than the broader Australian average.
45.3% —
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
In Bohnock, Year 12 is the majority at 56%; Year 10 is next at 27%.
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 13.4% of the population, a figure far below the national average of 26.3%. Higher degrees are rare, as there are no residents with postgraduate or graduate diplomas.
13.4% —
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
In Bohnock, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 44%, followed by Bachelor degree (28%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (28%).
What people studied.
Qualifications held by residents are spread across several fields, with education being the most common at 15.6%, followed by architecture and building at 13.3%.
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one government primary school, which is larger than those in about 59% of similar areas with an average size of 480 students.
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).
480
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
994
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
1 school — 480 students, average ICSEA 994.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Old Bar Public School, Old Bar | Government | Primary | 3.7 km | 480 | 994 |
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Bohnock [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10444/bohnock/topic/education