45.3% ▲ +30.5%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.7%
- 2016: 40.9%
- 2021: 45.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Gol Gol · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Gol Gol
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Gol Gol have finished high school or university than the state or national figures. Only 45.3% of residents completed Year 12, which is 14 percentage points lower than the New South Wales and Australian averages.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Less than half of residents finished Year 12, a figure far below the state and national averages. Around 21.1% of people stopped their schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Gol Gol, the largest group is Year 12 at 49%, followed by Year 10 (23%) and Year 11 (19%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 16.3% of the population, which is well below the Australian figure. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 36.4% of residents.
16.3% ▲ +40.7%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 16.3%
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 Gol Gol, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 44%, followed by Bachelor degree (25%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (22%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in this area are spread across several fields, with Engineering and related studies being the most common at 15.1%, followed by Management and commerce at 14.6%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has three primary schools within 3km, though the total number of schools per 1,000 children is lower than most areas. All local schools are government-run and primary only.
2.08
Lower than 70% 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).
221
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
984
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Gol Gol
3 schools — 663 students, average ICSEA 984.
By sector: Government 3
By type: Primary 3
| Gol Gol Public School, Gol Gol | Government | Primary | 1.0 km | 201 | 1,010 |
| Buronga Public School, Buronga | Government | Primary | 3.6 km | 80 | 870 |
| Nichols Point Primary School, Nichols Point | Government | Primary | 4.5 km | 382 | 995 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Gol Gol [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11697/gol-gol/topic/education