36.9% ▲ +22.0%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.2%
- 2016: 32.1%
- 2021: 36.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Bomaderry · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Bomaderry
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer than 37% of residents in Bomaderry finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This trend carries through to higher education, with a much lower proportion of adults holding university degrees compared to the rest of the state.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 36.9% of people completed Year 12, a result far below the 58.8% national average. Many residents left school earlier, with 32.2% finishing at Year 10 and 16.1% finishing at Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Bomaderry, the largest group is Year 12 at 40%, followed by Year 10 (35%) and Year 9 or below (17%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 13.3% of the population, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 27.8%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 37.9% of qualified adults.
13.3% ▲ +55.3%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 13.3%
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 Bomaderry, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 48%, followed by Bachelor degree (20%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (19%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Those with qualifications most commonly studied engineering and related fields at 15.5%, followed closely by management and commerce at 15.1%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Bomaderry has 13 schools within 3km, more than about 85% of similar areas, though the typical school advantage score is lower than most areas. Most of these are government primary schools, which make up 61.5% of the local sector.
3.60
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
13
Higher than 83% 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).
432
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
968
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 Bomaderry
13 schools — 5,617 students, average ICSEA 968.
By sector: Government 10 · Independent 2 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 8 · Secondary 3 · Combined 2
| Bomaderry Public School, Bomaderry | Government | Primary | 0.3 km | 406 | 908 |
| Bomaderry High School, Bomaderry | Government | Secondary | 0.4 km | 707 | 955 |
| Nowra Anglican College, Bomaderry | Independent | Combined | 1.2 km | 1,152 | 1,094 |
| Shoalhaven River College, Bomaderry | Independent | Secondary | 1.4 km | 48 | 931 |
| Illaroo Road Public School, North Nowra | Government | Primary | 1.9 km | 451 | 992 |
| North Nowra Public School, North Nowra | Government | Primary | 2.7 km | 223 | 908 |
| Nowra High School, Nowra | Government | Secondary | 2.7 km | 777 | 944 |
| Havenlee School, North Nowra | Government | Combined | 2.7 km | 67 | 849 |
| St Michael's Catholic Primary School, Nowra | Catholic | Primary | 2.9 km | 537 | 994 |
| Terara Public School, Terara | Government | Primary | 3.2 km | 96 | 1,009 |
| Nowra Public School, Nowra | Government | Primary | 3.6 km | 517 | 904 |
| Nowra East Public School, Nowra East | Government | Primary | 3.9 km | 420 | 784 |
| Cambewarra Public School, Cambewarra | Government | Primary | 5.3 km | 216 | 1,029 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Bomaderry [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10452/bomaderry/topic/education