32.5% ▲ +25.3%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.0%
- 2016: 24.4%
- 2021: 32.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Batemans Bay · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Batemans Bay
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 26 percentage points separates Batemans Bay from the rest of the country in high school completion. Only 32.5% of people here finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This trend of lower formal schooling is mirrored in higher education, where university degrees are much less common than in most other areas.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Just 32.5% of residents completed Year 12, a figure far below the 58.9% seen across New South Wales. About 32.4% of people peaked at Year 10, while 16.6% left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →Batemans Bay splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (37%) and Year 10 (37%), with Year 9 or below at 19%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up only 8.2% of the population, which is far below the Australian average of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 35.7% of residents.
8.2% ▲ +47.5%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.6%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 8.2%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →In Batemans Bay, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 52%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 21%.
Field of study
What people studied.
For those with qualifications, the most common fields are management and commerce at 14.5%, followed by engineering and related fields at 11.3% and health at 10.8%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Batemans Bay has four schools within 3 km, which is more than about 73% of similar areas. These schools are typically larger than most, though they have a much lower average advantage score than other areas.
4
Higher than 71% 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).
406
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
922
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Batemans Bay
4 schools — 1,625 students, average ICSEA 922.
By sector: Government 3 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 3 · Secondary 1
| Batemans Bay Public School, Surfside | Government | Primary | 2.6 km | 494 | 896 |
| Batemans Bay High School, Batehaven | Government | Secondary | 3.8 km | 534 | 902 |
| St Bernard's Primary School, Batemans Bay, Batehaven | Catholic | Primary | 5.2 km | 394 | 993 |
| Sunshine Bay Public School, Batehaven | Government | Primary | 5.6 km | 203 | 903 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Batemans Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10229/batemans-bay/topic/education