29.3% ▲ +19.8%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.4%
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 29.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Bowraville · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Bowraville
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Just 29.3% of residents in Bowraville completed Year 12, a figure far below the national average. This gap in secondary schooling is reflected in the local qualification rates, where few adults hold university degrees compared to the rest of the state.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. The most common highest year of school finished here is Year 10, reached by 34.3% of people.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Bowraville, the largest group is Year 10 at 40%, followed by Year 12 (34%) and Year 9 or below (18%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up only 8.8% of the population, which is much lower than most areas. Instead, Certificate III or IV is the most common high-level qualification at 38.3%.
8.8% ▲ +77.5%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 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 Bowraville, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 55%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 18%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in Bowraville are spread across several fields, with Engineering and related studies being the most common at 15.2%. Management and commerce and society and culture both sit around 11% each.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are 13.89 schools per 1,000 children, which is much higher than most areas. The three schools within 3km are a mix of government, Catholic, and independent providers, though the average school size is lower than most areas.
13.89
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
3
Higher than 67% 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).
116
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
891
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Bowraville
3 schools — 349 students, average ICSEA 891.
By sector: Government 1 · Independent 1 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 2 · Combined 1
| Bowraville Central School, Bowraville | Government | Combined | 1.3 km | 207 | 861 |
| Tallowood Steiner School, Bowraville | Independent | Primary | 1.8 km | 94 | 989 |
| St Mary's Primary School, Bowraville | Catholic | Primary | 2.0 km | 48 | 827 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Bowraville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10535/bowraville/topic/education