36.6% ▲ +1.9%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.9%
- 2016: 30.1%
- 2021: 36.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Bowman · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Bowman
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Higher rates of university degrees than most similar areas define Bowman, though only 36.6% of residents finished Year 12. This creates a mixed educational profile where a small group of highly qualified professionals lives alongside a larger number of people who left school early.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the state and national figures, with only 36.6% of people finishing. In contrast, 34.8% of residents peaked at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →Bowman splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (41%) and Year 10 (39%), with Year 9 or below at 12%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
While 17.2% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher—which is higher than most similar areas—this is still well below the Australian average. Certificate III or IV is the most common qualification at 41.1%.
17.2% ▲ +4.4%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.5%
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 17.2%
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 Bowman, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 55%; Bachelor degree is next at 30%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across various fields, with health being the most common at 20%, followed by engineering and society and culture, both at 12.2%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km, a figure that is smaller than about 59% of similar areas.
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Lower than 99% 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).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Bowman [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10529/bowman/topic/education