32.1% ▼ -23.0%
Lower than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 41.7%
- 2016: 32.3%
- 2021: 32.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Bonalbo · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Bonalbo
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Higher university rates than most similar areas mark Bonalbo (L), though school completion is low. While 15.9% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, only 32.1% of residents have finished Year 12. This reflects a split between those with advanced degrees and a significant number of residents who left school early.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 32.1% of people here finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8% and has fallen 9.6 percentage points since 2011. The most common highest year of school completed is Year 10 at 35%.
Highest year of school
View on map →Bonalbo splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (38%) and Year 12 (35%), with Year 9 or below at 17%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The proportion of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is 15.9%, which is higher than most similar areas but still far below the New South Wales figure of 27.8%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 36.4% of residents.
15.9% ▲ +23.7%
Higher than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.9%
- 2016: 6.4%
- 2021: 15.9%
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 Bonalbo, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 45%, followed by Bachelor degree (27%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (10%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in Bonalbo (L) are spread across several fields, with health as the most common at 12.6%. This is followed by engineering and related fields at 11.2% and education at 10.5%.
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 Bonalbo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122020/bonalbo/topic/education