54.5% —
Lower than 54% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 57.7%
- 2021: 54.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Royal National Park · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Education & Qualifications in Royal National Park
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Mid-range results across most education metrics define Royal National Park, though the area has seen a decline in high-level qualifications recently. Only 54.5% of people finished Year 12, a figure that is well below the national average.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion fell 3.1 percentage points since 2016 to 54.5%, which is well below both the state and national figures.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Royal National Park, Year 12 is the majority at 100%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 21.2% of the population, a figure that fell 5.7 percentage points since 2016 and sits well below the Australian average of 26.3%.
21.2% —
Higher than 50% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 26.9%
- 2021: 21.2%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Royal National Park splits fairly evenly between Bachelor degree (29%) and Certificate III / IV (29%), with Postgraduate degree at 21%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across several fields, with Architecture and building, Management and commerce, and Society and culture each accounting for 17.9% of the total.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has only one school, which is a government combined facility, though it is among the highest for schools per 1,000 children.
1
Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Number of schools in the area.
76.92
Higher than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
52
Higher than 88% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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).
Schools serving Royal National Park
52 schools — 21,157 students, average ICSEA 1,078.
By sector: Government 37 · Catholic 12 · Independent 3
By type: Primary 33 · Secondary 11 · Combined 8
| Royal National Park Environmental Education Centre, Audley | Government | Combined | 5.2 km | — | — |
| Grays Point Public School, Grays Point | Government | Primary | 5.4 km | 353 | 1,113 |
| Lilli Pilli Public School, Lilli Pilli | Government | Primary | 5.5 km | 323 | 1,113 |
| Heathcote East Public School, Heathcote | Government | Primary | 6.3 km | 106 | 1,072 |
| Gymea Bay Public School, Gymea Bay | Government | Primary | 6.6 km | 763 | 1,091 |
| Bundeena Public School, Bundeena | Government | Primary | 6.8 km | 174 | 1,067 |
| Yowie Bay Public School, Yowie Bay | Government | Primary | 6.8 km | 329 | 1,093 |
| Heathcote High School, Heathcote | Government | Secondary | 6.8 km | 633 | 1,028 |
| Caringbah Public School, Caringbah | Government | Primary | 7.0 km | 394 | 1,088 |
| Kirrawee High School, Kirrawee | Government | Secondary | 7.0 km | 1,185 | 1,092 |
| Laguna Street Public School, Caringbah | Government | Primary | 7.2 km | 440 | 1,084 |
| Heathcote Public School, Heathcote | Government | Primary | 7.3 km | 273 | 1,056 |
| Loftus Public School, Loftus | Government | Primary | 7.3 km | 337 | 1,079 |
| Our Lady of Mercy Catholic College Burraneer, Cronulla | Catholic | Secondary | 7.5 km | 421 | 1,086 |
| Yarrawarrah Public School, Engadine | Government | Primary | 7.6 km | 249 | 1,081 |
| Sydney Montessori School, Gymea | Independent | Combined | 7.6 km | 147 | 1,118 |
| Engadine High School, Engadine | Government | Secondary | 7.6 km | 1,063 | 1,051 |
| Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Primary School, Caringbah | Catholic | Primary | 7.6 km | 599 | 1,110 |
| De La Salle Catholic College, Caringbah, Caringbah | Catholic | Secondary | 7.7 km | 536 | 1,078 |
| St Catherine Labouré Catholic Primary School, Gymea | Catholic | Primary | 7.7 km | 596 | 1,109 |
| Burraneer Bay Public School, Cronulla | Government | Primary | 7.7 km | 573 | 1,101 |
| Cook School, Loftus | Government | Combined | 7.7 km | 66 | 956 |
| St Aloysius College Cronulla, Cronulla | Catholic | Secondary | 7.9 km | 482 | 1,089 |
| Cronulla South Public School, Cronulla | Government | Primary | 8.0 km | 261 | 1,093 |
| Engadine Public School, Engadine | Government | Primary | 8.0 km | 411 | 1,059 |
| Miranda Public School, Miranda | Government | Primary | 8.1 km | 300 | 1,024 |
| Kirrawee Public School, Kirrawee | Government | Primary | 8.1 km | 326 | 1,050 |
| Sutherland Hospital School, Caringbah | Government | Combined | 8.1 km | — | — |
| St Francis de Sales Catholic Primary School, Woolooware | Catholic | Primary | 8.2 km | 175 | 1,124 |
| Minerva School, Sutherland | Government | Combined | 8.2 km | 47 | 1,039 |
| St John Bosco College, Engadine | Catholic | Secondary | 8.3 km | 986 | 1,081 |
| St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Sutherland | Catholic | Primary | 8.3 km | 603 | 1,106 |
| Port Hacking High School, Miranda | Government | Secondary | 8.3 km | 950 | 1,050 |
| St Patrick's College Sutherland, Sutherland | Catholic | Secondary | 8.3 km | 1,227 | 1,093 |
| Cronulla Public School, Cronulla | Government | Primary | 8.3 km | 516 | 1,064 |
| Dunlea Centre, Australia's Original Boys' Town, Engadine | Independent | Combined | 8.4 km | 55 | 962 |
| St John Bosco Catholic Primary School, Engadine | Catholic | Primary | 8.4 km | 772 | 1,094 |
| Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School Miranda, Miranda | Catholic | Primary | 8.4 km | 396 | 1,090 |
| Sutherland Public School, Sutherland | Government | Primary | 8.4 km | 344 | 1,101 |
| St Aloysius Catholic Primary School, Cronulla | Catholic | Primary | 8.5 km | 178 | 1,123 |
| Gymea Technology High School, Gymea | Government | Secondary | 8.5 km | 554 | 1,048 |
| Marton Public School, Engadine | Government | Primary | 8.5 km | 318 | 1,063 |
| Southern Cross Baptist Church Christian School, Engadine | Independent | Combined | 8.7 km | 42 | 1,108 |
| Waterfall Public School, Waterfall | Government | Primary | 8.7 km | 17 | 1,031 |
| Gymea North Public School, Gymea | Government | Primary | 8.9 km | 362 | 1,075 |
| Sutherland North Public School, Sutherland | Government | Primary | 9.0 km | 225 | 1,073 |
| Engadine West Public School, Engadine | Government | Primary | 9.0 km | 541 | 1,057 |
| Bates Drive School, Kareela | Government | Combined | 9.3 km | 62 | 1,018 |
| Woronora River Public School, Woronora | Government | Primary | 9.7 km | 70 | 1,054 |
| Jannali East Public School, Jannali | Government | Primary | 9.7 km | 313 | 1,081 |
| Jannali Public School, Jannali | Government | Primary | 10.0 km | 139 | 1,062 |
| The Jannali High School, Jannali | Government | Secondary | 10.2 km | 925 | 1,051 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Royal National Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/128021537/royal-national-park/topic/education