18.5% ▼ -34.6%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.3%
- 2016: 26.3%
- 2021: 18.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Old Bonalbo · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Old Bonalbo
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people have finished high school in Old Bonalbo than in most similar areas. Only 18.5% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This creates a sharp contrast where many adults leave school early, yet a small group holds high-level university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 10 is the most common final school year for 42.6% of residents. The rate of Year 12 completion is far below both the state and national figures, trailing by 40 percentage points.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Old Bonalbo, the largest group is Year 10 at 42%, followed by Year 9 or below (27%) and Year 12 (18%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
About 15% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the New South Wales average. Certificate III or IV is the most common qualification, held by 36.4% of the population.
15.0% ▲ +36.2%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 19.3%
- 2021: 15.0%
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 Old Bonalbo, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 48%, followed by Postgraduate degree (20%) and Bachelor degree (16%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in this area are most often in Engineering and related fields at 18.2%. Management, commerce, society and culture all follow at 12.1% each.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one government primary school, though it is among the smallest and least advantaged of its kind. The typical school size here is just 13 students.
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).
Schools serving Old Bonalbo
1 school — 13 students, average ICSEA 776.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Old Bonalbo Public School, Old Bonalbo | Government | Primary | 1.1 km | 13 | 776 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Old Bonalbo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13085/old-bonalbo/topic/education