36.0% —
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Joes Box · Suburb / Locality
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 36% of residents in Joes Box have completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This low level of formal schooling is reflected in the lack of higher qualifications across the area.
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the New South Wales and Australian averages, sitting at 36%. Another 24% of the population left school after Year 10.
36.0% —
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
In Joes Box, Year 12 is the majority at 60%; Year 10 is next at 40%.
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
No adults in the area hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure that is far below both the state and national levels.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
In Joes Box, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 100%.
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Agriculture & environment at 16%, ahead of Natural & physical sciences (0%).
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one primary school, which is smaller than most similar areas. This government school has a low average advantage score.
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).
13
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
776
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
1 school — 13 students, average ICSEA 776.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Old Bonalbo Public School, Old Bonalbo | Government | Primary | 2.8 km | 13 | 776 |
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Joes Box [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12045/joes-box/topic/education