60.3% ▲ +15.9%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 52.0%
- 2016: 57.0%
- 2021: 60.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Bundeena · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Bundeena
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A high level of university education defines Bundeena, where 32% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. This figure is well above the national average. The area's residents are generally well-qualified and more likely to have completed secondary school than people in most other similar places.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 60.3% of residents finished Year 12, which is a little above the state and national figures. This rate of school completion is much higher than in most other similar areas.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Bundeena, Year 12 is the majority at 63%; Year 10 is next at 24%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The proportion of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is well above the New South Wales and Australian figures. Nearly 27% of residents hold a bachelor degree, and 13% have a postgraduate degree.
32.0% ▲ +44.0%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.2%
- 2016: 27.7%
- 2021: 32.0%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Bundeena splits fairly evenly between Bachelor degree (30%) and Certificate III / IV (30%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 19%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common areas of study are management and commerce at 16%, followed by society and culture at 14.6% and engineering at 12.1%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Bundeena's schools have an average advantage score of 1,088, which is much higher than most areas. While there are seven schools within 3 km, the number of schools per 1,000 children is lower than most areas.
2.75
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
7
Higher than 75% 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).
336
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,088
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Bundeena
7 schools — 2,355 students, average ICSEA 1,088.
By sector: Government 4 · Catholic 3
By type: Primary 5 · Secondary 2
| Bundeena Public School, Bundeena | Government | Primary | 0.2 km | 174 | 1,067 |
| Cronulla South Public School, Cronulla | Government | Primary | 2.3 km | 261 | 1,093 |
| St Aloysius Catholic Primary School, Cronulla | Catholic | Primary | 3.2 km | 178 | 1,123 |
| St Aloysius College Cronulla, Cronulla | Catholic | Secondary | 3.5 km | 482 | 1,089 |
| Cronulla Public School, Cronulla | Government | Primary | 3.6 km | 516 | 1,064 |
| Lilli Pilli Public School, Lilli Pilli | Government | Primary | 3.7 km | 323 | 1,113 |
| Our Lady of Mercy Catholic College Burraneer, Cronulla | Catholic | Secondary | 3.8 km | 421 | 1,086 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Bundeena [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10669/bundeena/topic/education