36.4% —
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.5%
- 2021: 36.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Bowman Farm · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Bowman Farm
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A far lower share of residents in Bowman Farm have finished high school compared to the rest of the country. Only 36.4% of people here completed Year 12, which is well below the national figure of 58.8%. This trend continues into higher education, where very few adults hold university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Completion rates are far below the state average, with only 36.4% of residents finishing Year 12. Around 30.3% of people here list Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Bowman Farm, the largest group is Year 12 at 48%, followed by Year 10 (40%) and Year 11 (12%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University qualifications are uncommon in Bowman Farm, where only 8.8% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the New South Wales figure of 27.8%, while Certificate III or IV is the most common qualification at 41.4%.
8.8% —
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 8.8%
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 Farm, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 63%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 21%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are Engineering at 17.2%, followed by Architecture and Building and Creative Arts, both at 13.8%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one government primary school, which is much smaller than most schools in similar areas with a typical size of 52 students.
1
Lower than 57% 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).
52
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
966
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 Bowman Farm
1 school — 52 students, average ICSEA 966.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Barrington Public School, Barrington | Government | Primary | 7.4 km | 52 | 966 |
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Bowman Farm [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10530/bowman-farm/topic/education