42.6% ▲ +4.7%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 40.7%
- 2016: 47.9%
- 2021: 42.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Round Mountain · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Round Mountain
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Round Mountain finished high school compared to the rest of the country. Only 42.6% of residents completed Year 12, which is 16 percentage points lower than the national figure. This gap exists despite a strong presence of university degrees among the adult population.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion sits at 42.6%, which is far below the New South Wales and Australian figures. About 33.9% of residents reached Year 10, while 12.2% finished Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Round Mountain, the largest group is Year 12 at 48%, followed by Year 10 (38%) and Year 9 or below (14%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
About 20.3% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is higher than most similar areas but well below the state and national averages. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 32.8% of residents.
20.3% ▲ +76.5%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 14.6%
- 2021: 20.3%
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 Round Mountain, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 39%, followed by Bachelor degree (32%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in this area are spread across several fields, with Education and Management & commerce both accounting for 14.9% of degrees. Engineering and related fields make up 11.9%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are three primary schools within 3km, which is more than 70% of similar areas. These schools are larger than most, with a high average advantage score of 1,054.
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).
418
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,054
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Round Mountain
3 schools — 1,254 students, average ICSEA 1,054.
By sector: Government 2 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 3
| Bogangar Public School, Bogangar | Government | Primary | 3.1 km | 325 | 1,040 |
| Pottsville Beach Public School, Pottsville | Government | Primary | 3.2 km | 556 | 1,036 |
| St Ambrose Catholic Primary School, Pottsville | Catholic | Primary | 4.4 km | 373 | 1,094 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Round Mountain [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13440/round-mountain/topic/education