43.3% ▲ +4.2%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 41.5%
- 2016: 40.2%
- 2021: 43.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Bredbo · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Bredbo
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Bredbo sits around the middle of similar areas for its education levels, though it falls well behind state and national figures. Only 43.3% of residents have completed Year 12, and the proportion of adults with a university degree is far below the Australian average.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Far fewer people in Bredbo finished high school compared to the rest of the country, with only 43.3% completing Year 12. This is 16 percentage points lower than the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Bredbo, the largest group is Year 12 at 46%, followed by Year 10 (38%) and Year 9 or below (9%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The share of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is 14.6%, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 38.3% of residents.
14.6% ▼ -8.5%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.9%
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 14.6%
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 Bredbo, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 51%; Bachelor degree is next at 18%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in the area are spread across several fields, led by management and commerce at 17.9% and engineering and related fields at 16.4%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Bredbo has more schools per 1,000 children than most areas, with a high average school advantage score. There is one government primary school in the area, which is very small with an average of 15 students.
11.63
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
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).
15
Lower than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,045
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Bredbo
1 school — 15 students, average ICSEA 1,045.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Bredbo Public School, Bredbo | Government | Primary | 3.8 km | 15 | 1,045 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Bredbo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10556/bredbo/topic/education