35.5% ▲ +23.0%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 31.7%
- 2021: 35.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Gundagai · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Gundagai
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common credential in Gundagai, where 33.2% of adults hold one. This is a place where formal schooling levels are generally much lower than the state and national figures, with only 35.5% of residents completing Year 12.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Far fewer people have finished high school here than in most other areas. Only 35.5% completed Year 12, which is 23 percentage points below the New South Wales and Australian figures.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Gundagai, the largest group is Year 12 at 40%, followed by Year 10 (31%) and Year 9 or below (22%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University qualifications are less common in Gundagai than in most areas. Only 11.1% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, far below the New South Wales figure of 27.8%.
11.1% ▲ +35.9%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 11.1%
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 Gundagai, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 47%, followed by Bachelor degree (23%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (17%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are Engineering and related services at 13.2%, followed by Management and commerce at 12.1%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Gundagai has 10.34 schools per 1,000 children, which is much higher than most areas. These schools are typically smaller than average and mostly government-run, with an average size of 112 students.
10.34
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
4
Higher than 71% 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).
112
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
947
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Gundagai
4 schools — 446 students, average ICSEA 947.
By sector: Government 3 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 3 · Secondary 1
| Gundagai High School, Gundagai | Government | Secondary | 1.4 km | 154 | 923 |
| Gundagai Public School, Gundagai | Government | Primary | 1.5 km | 164 | 946 |
| St Patrick's Primary School, Gundagai | Catholic | Primary | 2.4 km | 81 | 1,012 |
| Gundagai South Public School, South Gundagai | Government | Primary | 4.1 km | 47 | 916 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Gundagai [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11809/gundagai/topic/education