34.3% ▲ +25.4%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.4%
- 2016: 28.7%
- 2021: 34.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Dunedoo · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Dunedoo
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Roughly one third of adults in Dunedoo hold a Certificate III or IV, marking this as the most common qualification. The area has a lower level of formal schooling and university degrees compared to both the state and national figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 34.3% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. This is much lower than most similar areas.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Dunedoo, the largest group is Year 12 at 39%, followed by Year 10 (33%) and Year 9 or below (21%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
People with a bachelor degree or higher make up 10.5% of the population. This is far below the Australian average of 26.3% and lower than most other areas.
10.5% ▲ +68.1%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.2%
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 10.5%
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 Dunedoo, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 50%, followed by Bachelor degree (21%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (17%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for those with qualifications are management and commerce at 12.3%, followed by engineering at 11.9% and education at 10.6%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Dunedoo has 11.56 schools per 1,000 children, which is much higher than most areas. The two local schools are split evenly between government and Catholic sectors.
11.56
Higher than 77% 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).
100
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
911
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Dunedoo
2 schools — 200 students, average ICSEA 911.
By sector: Government 1 · Catholic 1
By type: Combined 1 · Primary 1
| Dunedoo Central School, Dunedoo | Government | Combined | 9.9 km | 152 | 893 |
| St Michael's Catholic Primary School Dunedoo, Dunedoo | Catholic | Primary | 10.0 km | 48 | 970 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Dunedoo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11319/dunedoo/topic/education