33.7% ▲ +36.3%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.7%
- 2016: 24.8%
- 2021: 33.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Bonalbo · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Bonalbo
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Just 33.7% of people in Bonalbo have completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This reflects a trend of lower formal schooling levels across the area compared to most other places. Many adults here hold trade certificates instead of university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the state and national rates, with 33.7% of residents finishing. About 32% of the community stopped at Year 10, and 13.3% finished Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →Bonalbo splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (38%) and Year 10 (36%), with Year 9 or below at 15%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 14.6% of the population, which is far below the New South Wales figure. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 32.2% of residents.
14.6% ▲ +50.8%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 14.6%
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 Bonalbo, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 44%, followed by Bachelor degree (24%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (15%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in Bonalbo are spread across several fields, led by Health at 11.7%, followed by Education and Society and Culture, which both sit at 10.6%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has a high number of schools per 1,000 children, though these are much smaller than most other areas. All local schools are government-run, split evenly between primary and combined campuses.
26.32
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
2
Higher than 62% 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).
49
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
789
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Bonalbo
2 schools — 97 students, average ICSEA 789.
By sector: Government 2
By type: Combined 1 · Primary 1
| Bonalbo Central School, Bonalbo | Government | Combined | 2.1 km | 84 | 791 |
| Old Bonalbo Public School, Old Bonalbo | Government | Primary | 7.3 km | 13 | 776 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Bonalbo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10461/bonalbo/topic/education