37.3% —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.5%
- 2021: 37.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Bergen · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Bergen
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Over half of qualified adults in Bergen hold a Certificate III or IV. This is an area where traditional school completion is far below national levels, with only 37.3% of residents finishing Year 12.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the national figure of 58.8%, and the typical highest year of school finished here is Year 10 for 40.3% of people.
Highest year of school
View on map →Bergen splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (48%) and Year 12 (45%), with Year 9 or below at 7%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are rare in Bergen, where only 4.3% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the 26.3% seen across Australia.
4.3% —
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 4.3%
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 Bergen, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 69%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 22%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Most qualifications are practical, with 24.4% in engineering and 22% in architecture and building, followed by 19.5% in management and commerce.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one government primary school within 3 km, which is smaller than most similar schools with an average size of 12 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).
12
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,015
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Bergen
1 school — 12 students, average ICSEA 1,015.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Haden State School, Haden | Government | Primary | 3.8 km | 12 | 1,015 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Bergen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30239/bergen/topic/education