31.4% ▲ +15.8%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.2%
- 2016: 27.6%
- 2021: 31.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Dungog · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Dungog
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Just 31.4% of residents in Dungog have completed Year 12, a figure far below the national average. This gap in school completion is reflected in the town's qualification levels, where university degrees are much less common than in most other Australian areas.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. The most common highest year of school reached is Year 10, which applies to 39.2% of people.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Dungog, the largest group is Year 10 at 42%, followed by Year 12 (34%) and Year 9 or below (18%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Bachelor degrees or higher are held by 11.8% of adults, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. Instead, Certificate III or IV is the most common qualification at 41.6%.
11.8% ▲ +30.0%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 11.8%
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 Dungog, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 52%; Bachelor degree is next at 20%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are most often in Engineering and related fields at 18.4%, followed by Health at 12.7% and Management and commerce at 11.7%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are 10.14 schools per 1,000 children, which is much higher than most areas. However, these schools have an average advantage score of 940, which is much lower than most other areas.
10.14
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
3
Higher than 67% 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).
300
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
940
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Dungog
3 schools — 899 students, average ICSEA 940.
By sector: Government 2 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 2 · Secondary 1
| St Joseph's Primary School, Dungog | Catholic | Primary | 0.2 km | 142 | 986 |
| Dungog Public School, Dungog | Government | Primary | 0.6 km | 191 | 914 |
| Dungog High School, Dungog | Government | Secondary | 0.7 km | 566 | 937 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Dungog [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11323/dungog/topic/education