71.1% ▲ +3.5%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 68.7%
- 2016: 66.2%
- 2021: 71.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Bywong · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Bywong
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
More than 71% of residents in Bywong finished Year 12, a figure far above the national average. This is a highly educated area where people are much more likely to hold university degrees than those in other similar places.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion is very high here, with 71.1% of people finishing Year 12. This is 12 percentage points higher than the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Bywong, Year 12 is the majority at 75%; Year 10 is next at 16%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 36.5% of the population, which is well above the state average of 27.8%. This group includes those with postgraduate degrees, who account for 16.5% of residents.
36.5% ▲ +5.5%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.6%
- 2016: 34.4%
- 2021: 36.5%
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 Bywong, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 33%, followed by Certificate III / IV (28%) and Postgraduate degree (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common qualifications are in management and commerce at 17%, followed closely by society and culture at 16.5%. Engineering and related fields also make up a significant 13% of degrees.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The local primary school is run by the government and is smaller than most areas, with an average size of 152 students. It also has an average school advantage score that is among the highest at this level.
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).
152
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,098
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Bywong
1 school — 152 students, average ICSEA 1,098.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Sutton Public School, Sutton | Government | Primary | 7.2 km | 152 | 1,098 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Bywong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10733/bywong/topic/education