67.0% ▲ +13.6%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.0%
- 2016: 61.6%
- 2021: 67.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Bungendore · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Bungendore
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Well above the state and national figures, 67% of residents in Bungendore have completed Year 12. This high level of school completion is paired with a strong proportion of university graduates, making the area much more qualified than most similar places.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion is a standout here, with 67% of people finishing Year 12, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. Only 4.5% of residents stopped their schooling at Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Bungendore, Year 12 is the majority at 70%; Year 10 is next at 19%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
A bachelor degree or higher is held by 29.1% of adults, which is a little above the Australian average of 26.3%. Certificates III and IV are the most common qualifications at 27.2%.
29.1% ▲ +21.5%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.0%
- 2016: 25.1%
- 2021: 29.1%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Bungendore splits fairly evenly between Certificate III / IV (30%) and Bachelor degree (26%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 21%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are management and commerce at 19.9%, followed by society and culture at 16.2% and engineering at 12.7%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Bungendore has a school advantage score of 1,041, which is much higher than most areas. The local schools are all government-run, with an average size of 321 students.
1.83
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
2
Higher than 62% 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).
321
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,041
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Bungendore
2 schools — 641 students, average ICSEA 1,041.
By sector: Government 2
By type: Primary 1 · Secondary 1
| Bungendore Public School, Bungendore | Government | Primary | 5.0 km | 444 | 1,047 |
| Bungendore High School, Bungendore | Government | Secondary | 5.1 km | 197 | 1,026 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Bungendore [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10681/bungendore/topic/education