33.6% ▲ +24.6%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.9%
- 2016: 28.2%
- 2021: 33.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Gunbower · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Gunbower
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Just 33.6% of people in Gunbower have completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This gap in secondary schooling is reflected in the low number of residents with university degrees. Most adults here hold vocational certificates rather than degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the state and national figures, with only 33.6% of residents finishing their final year. About 17.2% of people left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Gunbower, the largest group is Year 12 at 38%, followed by Year 10 (23%) and Year 11 (20%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Bachelor degrees or higher are held by only 7.6% of adults, which is much lower than most areas. Instead, the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 35.1% of people.
7.6% ▲ +6.0%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 7.6%
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 Gunbower, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 52%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 22%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualified residents are most often trained in agriculture and environment (11.8%) or health (11.0%), followed by engineering and education.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Gunbower has a much higher number of schools per 1,000 children than most areas, though these are all small, government-run primary schools.
9.90
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
2
Higher than 62% 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).
23
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
927
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Gunbower
2 schools — 45 students, average ICSEA 927.
By sector: Government 2
By type: Primary 2
| Gunbower Primary School, Gunbower | Government | Primary | 2.0 km | 34 | 921 |
| Leitchville Primary School, Leitchville | Government | Primary | 6.0 km | 11 | 946 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Gunbower [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21117/gunbower/topic/education