15.4% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Gongolgon · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Gongolgon
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Roughly 34.6% of Gongolgon residents reached Year 10 as their highest level of schooling, the most common result in the area. The community shows a stark split in education, with very low rates of high school completion alongside a surprisingly high number of university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 15.4% of people finished Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9% and among the lowest rates for similar areas.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Gongolgon, the largest group is Year 10 at 47%, followed by Year 12 (21%) and Year 11 (16%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Despite low school completion, 30.8% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is well above the Australian average of 26.3%.
30.8% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 30.8%
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 Gongolgon, Bachelor degree is the majority at 100%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Natural & physical sciences at 0%, ahead of Information technology (0%).
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one independent combined school, which is much smaller than most others with an average size of 30 students and one of the lowest advantage scores.
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).
30
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
756
Lower than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Gongolgon
1 school — 30 students, average ICSEA 756.
By sector: Independent 1
By type: Combined 1
| Brewarrina Christian School, Gongolgon | Independent | Combined | 13.1 km | 30 | 756 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Gongolgon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11700/gongolgon/topic/education