45.5% ▲ +30.1%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.0%
- 2016: 39.6%
- 2021: 45.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Berkeley Vale · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Berkeley Vale
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer adults in Berkeley Vale have finished Year 12 compared to the rest of the country, with only 45.5% completing their final school year. This trend continues into higher education, where university degrees are much less common than in the state and national averages.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 45.5% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. For many, the highest year of school completed was Year 10, at 31.3%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Berkeley Vale, the largest group is Year 12 at 49%, followed by Year 10 (33%) and Year 9 or below (10%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are uncommon here, with only 14.2% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the national figure of 26.3%, while Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most frequent at 41.5%.
14.2% ▲ +70.1%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.3%
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 14.2%
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 Berkeley Vale, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 50%; Bachelor degree is next at 21%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification for those with degrees are management and commerce at 17%, followed by engineering and related fields at 14.1%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are 13 schools within 3km, though the number of schools per 1,000 children is much lower than most areas. Typical school sizes are larger than in most other areas, with government schools making up 53.8% of the sector.
1.05
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
13
Higher than 83% 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).
490
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,005
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Berkeley Vale
13 schools — 6,374 students, average ICSEA 1,005.
By sector: Government 7 · Independent 3 · Catholic 3
By type: Primary 8 · Secondary 4 · Combined 1
| Tuggerah Lakes Secondary College Berkeley Vale Campus, Berkeley Vale | Government | Secondary | 0.1 km | 851 | 959 |
| TLK Youth College, Berkeley Vale | Independent | Secondary | 1.1 km | 58 | 904 |
| Berkeley Vale Public School, Berkeley Vale | Government | Primary | 1.4 km | 524 | 988 |
| Chittaway Bay Public School, Chittaway Bay | Government | Primary | 1.8 km | 479 | 992 |
| Central Coast Steiner School, Fountaindale | Independent | Combined | 2.1 km | 330 | 1,092 |
| Tuggerah Public School, Tuggerah | Government | Primary | 3.3 km | 359 | 993 |
| St John Fisher Catholic Primary School, Tumbi Umbi | Catholic | Primary | 3.3 km | 370 | 1,056 |
| Killarney Vale Public School, Killarney Vale | Government | Primary | 3.9 km | 477 | 963 |
| St Peter's Catholic College, Tuggerah | Catholic | Secondary | 4.5 km | 1,078 | 1,045 |
| The Central Coast Montessori Primary School, Bateau Bay | Independent | Primary | 5.2 km | 66 | 1,100 |
| Brooke Avenue Public School, Killarney Vale | Government | Primary | 5.4 km | 420 | 931 |
| Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Primary School, Shelly Beach | Catholic | Primary | 5.8 km | 606 | 1,057 |
| Tuggerah Lakes Secondary College The Entrance Campus, Long Jetty | Government | Secondary | 5.8 km | 756 | 987 |
Sources
More for Berkeley Vale
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Berkeley Vale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10304/berkeley-vale/topic/education