34.4% ▲ +1.9%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.8%
- 2016: 36.1%
- 2021: 34.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Bungonia · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Bungonia
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Education levels in Bungonia have remained low compared to the rest of the state. Only 34.4% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This means a large proportion of the local adult population left school before completing their final year.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Just 34.4% of people here completed Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales and national figures. Around 32.9% of residents reached Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →Bungonia splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (39%) and Year 10 (38%), with Year 9 or below at 15%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
About 14.4% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the state and national averages. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 33.5% of people.
14.4% ▲ +1.5%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.1%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 14.4%
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 Bungonia, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 49%, followed by Bachelor degree (20%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (15%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in the area are spread across several fields, with Engineering and related studies being the most common at 14.1%, followed by Management and commerce at 13.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools located within 3 km of the area, a situation that is more common than in about 59% of similar places.
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Lower than 99% 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).
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Bungonia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10682/bungonia/topic/education