57.6% ▲ +76.6%
Higher than 52% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 32.6%
- 2016: 51.7%
- 2021: 57.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Cunningham · Federal Electorate
Education & Qualifications in Cunningham
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A massive 25 percentage point rise in Year 12 completions since 2011 marks a major shift in education for Cunningham. The area now sees more adults with university degrees than most other similar places, with 28.2% holding a bachelor degree or higher.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 57.6% of residents finished Year 12, which is a little below the New South Wales and Australian figures. The remaining group is mostly made up of those who finished Year 10, at 21.9%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Cunningham, Year 12 is the majority at 61%; Year 10 is next at 23%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The proportion of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is 28.2%, a little above the national figure. This rose by 5.1 points since 2016, with bachelor degrees and Certificate III or IV being the most common qualifications.
28.2% —
Higher than 67% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 28.2%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Cunningham splits fairly evenly between Bachelor degree (32%) and Certificate III / IV (31%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 17%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for qualified residents are management and commerce at 17.8%, followed by engineering at 16.2% and society and culture at 12.5%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Cunningham has 2.66 schools per 1,000 children, which is much higher than most areas. While schools here are typically much smaller than average, they have a higher advantage score than most areas.
2.66
Higher than 76% of federal electorate areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
73
Higher than 75% of federal electorate 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).
25,727
Lower than 57% of federal electorate areas.
Total students enrolled across the area's schools.
357
Lower than 76% of federal electorate areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,055
Higher than 64% of federal electorate areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Cunningham
73 schools — 25,727 students, average ICSEA 1,055.
By sector: Government 50 · Independent 12 · Catholic 11
By type: Primary 50 · Secondary 15 · Combined 8
| Bulli Public School, Bulli | Government | Primary | 2.7 km | 318 | 1,069 |
| Thirroul Public School, Thirroul | Government | Primary | 2.9 km | 367 | 1,119 |
| St Michael's Catholic Primary School, Thirroul | Catholic | Primary | 3.1 km | 183 | 1,130 |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Bulli | Catholic | Primary | 3.5 km | 412 | 1,121 |
| Waniora Public School, Bulli | Government | Primary | 3.8 km | 264 | 1,077 |
| Woonona Public School, Woonona | Government | Primary | 3.8 km | 519 | 1,070 |
| Woonona High School, Woonona | Government | Secondary | 3.9 km | 767 | 1,030 |
| Bulli High School, Bulli | Government | Secondary | 4.0 km | 979 | 1,058 |
| Austinmer Public School, Austinmer | Government | Primary | 4.5 km | 227 | 1,132 |
| Woonona East Public School, Woonona | Government | Primary | 4.9 km | 200 | 1,037 |
| Russell Vale Public School, Russell Vale | Government | Primary | 5.2 km | 262 | 1,040 |
| Aspect South Coast School, Corrimal | Independent | Primary | 5.5 km | 129 | 1,017 |
| Corrimal Public School, Corrimal | Government | Primary | 5.9 km | 227 | 1,013 |
| St Columbkille's Catholic Primary School, Corrimal | Catholic | Primary | 5.9 km | 339 | 1,073 |
| Holy Spirit College, Bellambi | Catholic | Secondary | 6.0 km | 1,249 | 1,069 |
| Coledale Public School, Coledale | Government | Primary | 6.2 km | 135 | 1,118 |
| Bellambi Public School, Bellambi | Government | Primary | 6.7 km | 182 | 807 |
| Corrimal High School, Corrimal | Government | Secondary | 7.0 km | 569 | 940 |
| Corrimal East Public School, Corrimal | Government | Primary | 7.2 km | 297 | 1,046 |
| Tarrawanna Public School, Tarrawanna | Government | Primary | 7.3 km | 164 | 982 |
| Wollongong Flexible School, Towradgi | Independent | Secondary | 7.6 km | 71 | 895 |
| Balgownie Public School, Balgownie | Government | Primary | 8.1 km | 329 | 1,076 |
| Fairy Meadow Public School, Fairy Meadow | Government | Primary | 8.4 km | 342 | 1,002 |
| Towradgi Public School, Fairy Meadow | Government | Primary | 8.4 km | 134 | 1,031 |
| Scarborough Public School, Scarborough | Government | Primary | 9.1 km | 54 | 1,080 |
| Pleasant Heights Public School, Mount Pleasant | Government | Primary | 9.1 km | 241 | 1,126 |
| Good Samaritan Catholic Primary School, Fairy Meadow | Catholic | Primary | 9.2 km | 335 | 1,081 |
| Mount Ousley Public School, Fairy Meadow | Government | Primary | 9.3 km | 193 | 1,079 |
| OneSchool Global NSW - Illawarra, Maddens Plains | Independent | Combined | 9.3 km | 159 | 973 |
| Elonera Montessori School, Mount Ousley | Independent | Combined | 9.8 km | 187 | 1,108 |
| Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts, Fairy Meadow | Government | Secondary | 10.1 km | 1,169 | 1,075 |
| Keira High School, Fairy Meadow | Government | Secondary | 10.2 km | 723 | 984 |
| Para Meadows School, North Wollongong | Government | Combined | 10.7 km | 113 | 945 |
| Keiraville Public School, Keiraville | Government | Primary | 11.1 km | 297 | 1,103 |
| Mount Keira Public School, Mount Keira | Government | Primary | 11.1 km | 91 | 1,072 |
| St Brigid's Catholic Primary School, Gwynneville | Catholic | Primary | 11.2 km | 175 | 1,083 |
| Gwynneville Public School, Gwynneville | Government | Primary | 11.4 km | 271 | 1,065 |
| Smiths Hill High School, Wollongong | Government | Secondary | 11.5 km | 736 | 1,186 |
| Edmund Rice College, West Wollongong | Independent | Secondary | 11.8 km | 1,054 | 1,083 |
| Wollongong Public School, Wollongong | Government | Primary | 12.0 km | 579 | 1,084 |
| Illawarra Hospital School, Wollongong | Government | Combined | 12.2 km | — | — |
| Wollongong West Public School, Wollongong | Government | Primary | 12.2 km | 243 | 991 |
| St Mary Star of the Sea College, Wollongong | Independent | Secondary | 12.3 km | 1,128 | 1,104 |
| St Therese Catholic Primary School, Mangerton | Catholic | Primary | 12.4 km | 368 | 1,090 |
| The Illawarra Grammar School, Wollongong West | Independent | Combined | 12.6 km | 970 | 1,159 |
| Nareena Hills Public School, Figtree | Government | Primary | 12.8 km | 209 | 1,080 |
| Novo Education Space, Wollongong | Independent | Secondary | 12.8 km | 44 | 983 |
| Lindsay Park Public School, Wollongong | Government | Primary | 13.0 km | 334 | 1,068 |
| Stanwell Park Public School, Stanwell Park | Government | Primary | 13.1 km | 150 | 1,112 |
| Figtree Heights Public School, Figtree | Government | Primary | 13.2 km | 181 | 1,061 |
| Mount St Thomas Public School, Wollongong | Government | Primary | 13.6 km | 354 | 1,070 |
| Coniston Public School, Coniston | Government | Primary | 13.7 km | 181 | 990 |
| Figtree High School, Figtree | Government | Secondary | 14.0 km | 880 | 1,013 |
| Figtree Public School, Figtree | Government | Primary | 14.3 km | 264 | 1,028 |
| Mount Kembla Public School, Mount Kembla | Government | Primary | 14.5 km | 159 | 1,050 |
| Illawarra Christian School, Cordeaux Heights | Independent | Combined | 15.2 km | 800 | 1,091 |
| Unanderra Public School, Cordeaux Heights | Government | Primary | 15.2 km | 348 | 992 |
| Craig Davis College, Cordeaux Heights | Independent | Secondary | 15.5 km | 45 | 825 |
| Otford Public School, Otford | Government | Primary | 15.6 km | 48 | 1,104 |
| St Pius X Catholic Primary School, Unanderra | Catholic | Primary | 15.8 km | 371 | 1,066 |
| Cedars Christian College - Aspire, Unanderra | Independent | Combined | 16.5 km | 13 | 1,094 |
| Cedars Christian College, Unanderra | Independent | Combined | 16.5 km | 661 | 1,067 |
| Farmborough Road Public School, Unanderra | Government | Primary | 16.8 km | 226 | 961 |
| Holy Cross Catholic Primary School, Helensburgh | Catholic | Primary | 17.0 km | 184 | 1,071 |
| Helensburgh Public School, Helensburgh | Government | Primary | 17.3 km | 460 | 1,057 |
| St Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary School, Warrawong | Catholic | Primary | 18.3 km | 149 | 1,013 |
| Warrawong High School, Warrawong | Government | Secondary | 18.4 km | 591 | 905 |
| Warrawong Public School, Warrawong | Government | Primary | 18.5 km | 276 | 891 |
| St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Port Kembla | Catholic | Primary | 18.8 km | 177 | 1,058 |
| Port Kembla Public School, Port Kembla | Government | Primary | 19.2 km | 278 | 1,014 |
| Kemblawarra Public School, Port Kembla | Government | Primary | 19.4 km | 153 | 892 |
| Lake Heights Public School, Lake Heights | Government | Primary | 19.5 km | 147 | 941 |
| Five Islands Secondary College, Port Kembla | Government | Secondary | 19.5 km | 293 | 983 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Cunningham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED111/cunningham/topic/education