53.7% ▲ +17.6%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 45.6%
- 2016: 51.2%
- 2021: 53.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Bonnyrigg · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Bonnyrigg
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of over 14 percentage points separates the rate of university degrees in Bonnyrigg from the national figure. While more than half of residents have finished Year 12, the area falls well below the state and national averages for both high school completion and higher qualifications.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 53.7% of people here finished Year 12, which is higher than in most similar areas but still well below the New South Wales and Australian figures.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Bonnyrigg, Year 12 is the majority at 57%; Year 9 or below is next at 24%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 12.5% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure that is far below the state and national averages. The most common qualifications are bachelor degrees at 24.3% and Certificate III or IV at 23.6%.
12.5% ▲ +49.0%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.4%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Bonnyrigg splits fairly evenly between Bachelor degree (32%) and Certificate III / IV (31%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 25%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most popular fields are management and commerce at 20.9%, followed by engineering at 12.3% and society and culture at 11.4%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Bonnyrigg has 44 schools within 3km, though there are much fewer schools per 1,000 children than in most areas. Government schools make up 81.8% of the sector, and the average school size is much higher than most similar places.
1.60
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
44
Higher than 91% 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).
667
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
965
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Bonnyrigg
44 schools — 29,326 students, average ICSEA 965.
By sector: Government 36 · Catholic 6 · Independent 2
By type: Primary 29 · Secondary 13 · Combined 2
| Bonnyrigg High School, Bonnyrigg | Government | Secondary | 0.5 km | 1,642 | 962 |
| Bonnyrigg Public School, Bonnyrigg | Government | Primary | 0.6 km | 238 | 900 |
| Our Lady of Mt Carmel Catholic Primary School Mount Pritchard, Bonnyrigg | Catholic | Primary | 0.9 km | 819 | 1,053 |
| St Johns Park Public School, St Johns Park | Government | Primary | 1.2 km | 673 | 1,023 |
| Mount Pritchard Public School, Mount Pritchard | Government | Primary | 1.3 km | 368 | 951 |
| Edensor Park Public School, Edensor Park | Government | Primary | 1.7 km | 286 | 963 |
| Heckenberg Public School, Heckenberg | Government | Primary | 1.7 km | 209 | 848 |
| Busby West Public School, Green Valley | Government | Primary | 2.0 km | 304 | 895 |
| Bonnyrigg Heights Public School, Bonnyrigg Heights | Government | Primary | 2.0 km | 769 | 989 |
| Harrington Street Public School, Cabramatta | Government | Primary | 2.0 km | 740 | 1,000 |
| Green Valley Public School, Green Valley | Government | Primary | 2.1 km | 365 | 973 |
| Minarah College, Green Valley | Independent | Combined | 2.1 km | 1,129 | 1,014 |
| Busby Public School, Busby | Government | Primary | 2.2 km | 243 | 892 |
| St Johns Park High School, St Johns Park | Government | Secondary | 2.3 km | 923 | 927 |
| James Busby High School, Green Valley | Government | Secondary | 2.4 km | 544 | 902 |
| John the Baptist Catholic Primary School, Bonnyrigg Heights | Catholic | Primary | 2.4 km | 843 | 1,059 |
| Governor Philip King Public School, Edensor Park | Government | Primary | 2.4 km | 568 | 979 |
| Freeman Catholic College, Bonnyrigg Heights | Catholic | Secondary | 2.5 km | 1,411 | 1,038 |
| Les Powell School, Mount Pritchard | Government | Combined | 2.5 km | 76 | 956 |
| St Hurmizd Assyrian Primary School, Greenfield Park | Independent | Primary | 2.5 km | 691 | 954 |
| Sadleir Public School, Sadleir | Government | Primary | 2.5 km | 351 | 883 |
| Mount Pritchard East Public School, Mount Pritchard | Government | Primary | 2.5 km | 214 | 943 |
| King Park Public School, St Johns Park | Government | Primary | 2.6 km | 396 | 985 |
| Ashcroft Public School, Ashcroft | Government | Primary | 2.7 km | 284 | 887 |
| Bossley Park High School, Bossley Park | Government | Secondary | 2.8 km | 1,106 | 961 |
| Prairievale Public School, Bossley Park | Government | Primary | 3.0 km | 419 | 894 |
| St Therese Catholic Primary School, Miller | Catholic | Primary | 3.0 km | 315 | 1,003 |
| Ashcroft High School, Ashcroft | Government | Secondary | 3.1 km | 701 | 877 |
| Cabramatta West Public School, Cabramatta | Government | Primary | 3.2 km | 477 | 950 |
| Canley Heights Public School, Canley Heights | Government | Primary | 3.3 km | 529 | 935 |
| Miller Public School, Miller | Government | Primary | 3.3 km | 266 | 880 |
| Cecil Hills High School, Cecil Hills | Government | Secondary | 3.4 km | 1,342 | 986 |
| Marsden Road Public School, Liverpool | Government | Primary | 3.4 km | 726 | 977 |
| Miller High School, Miller | Government | Secondary | 3.5 km | 816 | 878 |
| Cecil Hills Public School, Cecil Hills | Government | Primary | 3.5 km | 721 | 1,017 |
| Hinchinbrook Public School, Hinchinbrook | Government | Primary | 3.5 km | 487 | 959 |
| Cartwright Public School, Cartwright | Government | Primary | 3.6 km | 241 | 920 |
| Mary Immaculate Catholic Primary School, Bossley Park | Catholic | Primary | 3.6 km | 641 | 1,009 |
| Mary MacKillop Catholic College, Wakeley | Catholic | Secondary | 3.7 km | 843 | 935 |
| Cabramatta High School, Cabramatta | Government | Secondary | 3.8 km | 1,624 | 934 |
| Hoxton Park High School, Hinchinbrook | Government | Secondary | 3.9 km | 895 | 940 |
| Prairiewood High School, Prairiewood | Government | Secondary | 3.9 km | 1,288 | 978 |
| Westfields Sports High School, Fairfield West | Government | Secondary | 4.0 km | 1,538 | 967 |
| Bossley Park Public School, Bossley Park | Government | Primary | 4.0 km | 265 | 934 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Bonnyrigg [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10469/bonnyrigg/topic/education