42.6% ▲ +40.5%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.3%
- 2016: 38.4%
- 2021: 42.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Dunmore · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Dunmore
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Education levels in Dunmore have seen steady shifts, with 21.8% of adults now holding a bachelor degree or higher. While university qualifications are more common here than in many similar areas, the proportion of people who finished Year 12 is far below the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 42.6% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the 58.8% national average. About 34.5% of the population stopped their schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Dunmore, the largest group is Year 12 at 47%, followed by Year 10 (38%) and Year 9 or below (12%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 21.8% of the population, which is higher than most similar areas. However, this remains well below the New South Wales figure of 27.8%.
21.8% ▲ +130.2%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 21.8%
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 Dunmore, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 38%, followed by Bachelor degree (30%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (21%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study in the area are engineering and related subjects at 20.1%, followed by management and commerce at 18.9%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Dunmore has 11 schools within 3 km, which is more than 83% of similar areas. These schools are larger than most, with an average size of 540 students and a higher than average advantage score.
15.87
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
11
Higher than 81% 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).
540
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,029
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Dunmore
11 schools — 5,398 students, average ICSEA 1,029.
By sector: Government 8 · Catholic 2 · Independent 1
By type: Primary 8 · Combined 2 · Secondary 1
| Minnamurra Public School, Minnamurra | Government | Primary | 2.9 km | 464 | 1,068 |
| Shellharbour Anglican College, Dunmore | Independent | Combined | 3.4 km | 981 | 1,099 |
| Illawarra Environmental Education Centre, Dunmore | Government | Combined | 3.8 km | — | — |
| Shell Cove Public School, Shell Cove | Government | Primary | 3.9 km | 463 | 1,049 |
| Flinders Public School, Flinders | Government | Primary | 4.5 km | 518 | 1,004 |
| Mount Terry Public School, Albion Park | Government | Primary | 4.8 km | 635 | 982 |
| Nazareth Catholic Primary School, Shellharbour City | Catholic | Primary | 5.4 km | 413 | 1,052 |
| Jamberoo Public School, Jamberoo | Government | Primary | 5.6 km | 131 | 1,045 |
| Shellharbour Public School, Shellharbour | Government | Primary | 5.7 km | 368 | 999 |
| Stella Maris Catholic Primary School, Shellharbour | Catholic | Primary | 5.9 km | 405 | 1,050 |
| Warilla High School, Barrack Heights | Government | Secondary | 6.5 km | 1,020 | 968 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Dunmore [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11326/dunmore/topic/education