36.3% ▼ -35.6%
Lower than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 56.3%
- 2016: 26.6%
- 2021: 36.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Bargo · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Bargo
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Bargo finished high school compared to the rest of the country, with only 36.3% completing Year 12. This gap reflects a broader trend of lower formal qualifications across the community. The area has seen a significant drop in both school and university completion rates over the last decade.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 36.3% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This is a sharp decline from 2011, when 56.3% had completed high school, while Year 10 is now the most common final year of schooling at 37.2%.
Highest year of school
View on map →Bargo splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (40%) and Year 12 (39%), with Year 9 or below at 14%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 10.8% of the population, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 27.8%. This is a steep fall from 2011, when 29% held such a degree. Instead, Certificate III or IV is the most common qualification at 45.8%.
10.8% ▼ -62.9%
Lower than 54% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 29.0%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 10.8%
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 Bargo, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 56%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 18%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields of study are Engineering and related fields at 21.1%, followed by Management and commerce at 16%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Bargo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115007/bargo/topic/education