51.0% ▲ +7.0%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 47.7%
- 2016: 49.9%
- 2021: 51.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Bossley Park · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Bossley Park
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Just over half of residents in Bossley Park finished Year 12, which is well below the national figure. The area has a low proportion of university graduates compared to the rest of the state, with a strong focus on trade and vocational certificates instead.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 51% of people completed Year 12, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages. About 23% of residents left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Bossley Park, Year 12 is the majority at 54%; Year 9 or below is next at 25%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 14.3% of the population, which is far below the New South Wales rate of 27.8%. Certificates III and IV are the most common qualification, held by 26.3% of people.
14.3% ▲ +30.0%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Bossley Park splits fairly evenly between Certificate III / IV (33%) and Bachelor degree (32%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 23%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are management and commerce at 21.2%, followed by engineering and related fields at 15.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Bossley Park has some of the largest schools in the region, though there are far fewer schools per child than in most similar areas. Most local schools are government-run, accounting for 70% of the sector.
1.46
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
30
Higher than 88% 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).
718
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
977
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Bossley Park
30 schools — 21,539 students, average ICSEA 977.
By sector: Government 21 · Catholic 6 · Independent 3
By type: Primary 20 · Secondary 8 · Combined 2
| Bossley Park Public School, Bossley Park | Government | Primary | 0.5 km | 265 | 934 |
| Mary Immaculate Catholic Primary School, Bossley Park | Catholic | Primary | 0.7 km | 641 | 1,009 |
| Prairievale Public School, Bossley Park | Government | Primary | 0.8 km | 419 | 894 |
| St Hurmizd Assyrian Primary School, Greenfield Park | Independent | Primary | 1.2 km | 691 | 954 |
| Bossley Park High School, Bossley Park | Government | Secondary | 1.3 km | 1,106 | 961 |
| Governor Philip King Public School, Edensor Park | Government | Primary | 1.3 km | 568 | 979 |
| St Johns Park High School, St Johns Park | Government | Secondary | 1.4 km | 923 | 927 |
| Prairiewood High School, Prairiewood | Government | Secondary | 1.7 km | 1,288 | 978 |
| William Stimson Public School, Wetherill Park | Government | Primary | 2.2 km | 459 | 973 |
| Edensor Park Public School, Edensor Park | Government | Primary | 2.4 km | 286 | 963 |
| Mary MacKillop Catholic College, Wakeley | Catholic | Secondary | 2.5 km | 843 | 935 |
| Bonnyrigg Public School, Bonnyrigg | Government | Primary | 2.9 km | 238 | 900 |
| King Park Public School, St Johns Park | Government | Primary | 3.1 km | 396 | 985 |
| St Johns Park Public School, St Johns Park | Government | Primary | 3.1 km | 673 | 1,023 |
| Smithfield West Public School, Wetherill Park | Government | Primary | 3.2 km | 300 | 900 |
| Aspect Western Sydney School, Wetherill Park | Independent | Combined | 3.2 km | 167 | 1,039 |
| Freeman Catholic College, Bonnyrigg Heights | Catholic | Secondary | 3.4 km | 1,411 | 1,038 |
| John the Baptist Catholic Primary School, Bonnyrigg Heights | Catholic | Primary | 3.4 km | 843 | 1,059 |
| Westfields Sports High School, Fairfield West | Government | Secondary | 3.4 km | 1,538 | 967 |
| Bonnyrigg Heights Public School, Bonnyrigg Heights | Government | Primary | 3.4 km | 769 | 989 |
| Harrington Street Public School, Cabramatta | Government | Primary | 3.8 km | 740 | 1,000 |
| Horsley Park Public School, Horsley Park | Government | Primary | 3.8 km | 84 | 932 |
| Bonnyrigg High School, Bonnyrigg | Government | Secondary | 3.8 km | 1,642 | 962 |
| Our Lady of Mt Carmel Catholic Primary School Mount Pritchard, Bonnyrigg | Catholic | Primary | 3.8 km | 819 | 1,053 |
| Fairfield West Public School, Fairfield West | Government | Primary | 3.8 km | 545 | 914 |
| Marion Catholic Primary School, Horsley Park | Catholic | Primary | 3.8 km | 186 | 1,037 |
| Minarah College, Green Valley | Independent | Combined | 4.3 km | 1,129 | 1,014 |
| Cecil Hills Public School, Cecil Hills | Government | Primary | 4.3 km | 721 | 1,017 |
| Canley Heights Public School, Canley Heights | Government | Primary | 4.4 km | 529 | 935 |
| Fairvale High School, Fairfield West | Government | Secondary | 4.4 km | 1,320 | 912 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Bossley Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10513/bossley-park/topic/education