35.3% ▲ +21.2%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.1%
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 35.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Bourke · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Bourke
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer than 36% of people in Bourke have finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This trend of lower schooling levels is matched by a lower rate of university degrees compared to the rest of the state.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 35.3% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. Around 22% of people stopped their schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Bourke, the largest group is Year 12 at 43%, followed by Year 10 (27%) and Year 9 or below (21%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 14.1% of the population, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 21.9% of residents.
14.1% ▲ +25.3%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 14.1%
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 Bourke, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 35%, followed by Bachelor degree (29%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (22%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification are society and culture at 11%, followed by education at 10.7% and health at 10.5%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Bourke has a much higher number of schools per 1,000 children than most areas, though the average school size of 84 is much lower. Government schools make up 60% of the sector.
13.16
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
5
Higher than 73% 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).
84
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
766
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Bourke
5 schools — 419 students, average ICSEA 766.
By sector: Government 3 · Independent 1 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 3 · Secondary 1 · Combined 1
| Bourke Public School, Bourke | Government | Primary | 11.7 km | 145 | 702 |
| Bourke-Walgett School of Distance Education, Bourke | Government | Primary | 11.7 km | 47 | 993 |
| Bourke High School, Bourke | Government | Secondary | 12.0 km | 134 | 714 |
| Koinonia Christian Academy, Bourke | Independent | Combined | 12.9 km | 3 | — |
| St Ignatius' Parish School, Bourke | Catholic | Primary | 13.0 km | 90 | 826 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Bourke [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10520/bourke/topic/education