45.1% ▲ +29.2%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.9%
- 2016: 38.8%
- 2021: 45.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Bateau Bay · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Bateau Bay
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer people have finished high school in Bateau Bay than the state average, with only 45.1% of residents completing Year 12. This gap is a defining feature of the area's education profile, where the proportion of people with university degrees is also well below the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 45.1% of people here completed Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. Around 30.9% of residents stopped their schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Bateau Bay, the largest group is Year 12 at 49%, followed by Year 10 (33%) and Year 9 or below (11%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The proportion of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is 17.1%, which is well below the Australian average of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 35.7% of the population.
17.1% ▲ +61.0%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 17.1%
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 Bateau Bay, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 44%, followed by Bachelor degree (26%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (19%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are management and commerce at 17.4%, followed by engineering at 12.4% and society and culture at 11.4%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has 10 schools within 3 km, though there are among the lowest number of schools per 1,000 children for its level. Most of these are government primary schools, which make up 80% of the local options.
0.83
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
10
Higher than 79% 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).
501
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
998
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Bateau Bay
10 schools — 5,008 students, average ICSEA 998.
By sector: Government 7 · Catholic 2 · Independent 1
By type: Primary 8 · Secondary 2
| Bateau Bay Public School, Bateau Bay | Government | Primary | 0.9 km | 614 | 1,029 |
| Brooke Avenue Public School, Killarney Vale | Government | Primary | 1.1 km | 420 | 931 |
| The Central Coast Montessori Primary School, Bateau Bay | Independent | Primary | 1.5 km | 66 | 1,100 |
| Tuggerah Lakes Secondary College The Entrance Campus, Long Jetty | Government | Secondary | 1.6 km | 756 | 987 |
| Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Primary School, Shelly Beach | Catholic | Primary | 1.8 km | 606 | 1,057 |
| Tuggerah Lakes Secondary College Tumbi Umbi Campus, Tumbi Umbi | Government | Secondary | 2.0 km | 802 | 972 |
| Killarney Vale Public School, Killarney Vale | Government | Primary | 2.6 km | 477 | 963 |
| St John Fisher Catholic Primary School, Tumbi Umbi | Catholic | Primary | 3.6 km | 370 | 1,056 |
| Wamberal Public School, Wamberal | Government | Primary | 3.7 km | 475 | 1,048 |
| The Entrance Public School, The Entrance | Government | Primary | 4.7 km | 422 | 923 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Bateau Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10227/bateau-bay/topic/education