71.5% ▲ +14.4%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.5%
- 2016: 67.2%
- 2021: 71.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Berowra · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Berowra
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
71.5% of residents in Berowra completed Year 12, a figure far above the national average. This high level of schooling is reflected in the local workforce, where adults are much more likely to hold university degrees than people in most other areas.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Schooling levels are among the highest for similar areas, with 71.5% of people finishing Year 12, which is 13 percentage points higher than the New South Wales and Australian figures.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Berowra, Year 12 is the majority at 73%; Year 10 is next at 18%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
A bachelor degree or higher is held by 36.1% of adults, well above the national figure of 26.3%. This high qualification rate is led by those with bachelor degrees at 33.3% and postgraduate degrees at 12.2%.
36.1% ▲ +32.8%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.2%
- 2016: 31.0%
- 2021: 36.1%
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 Berowra, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 37%, followed by Certificate III / IV (24%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for residents are management and commerce at 24.6%, followed by engineering and related fields at 14.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Local schools have some of the highest advantage scores compared to similar areas, though the average school size is smaller than most. There are 7 schools within 3km, with 71.4% being government run.
2.00
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
7
Higher than 75% 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).
185
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,104
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Berowra
7 schools — 1,107 students, average ICSEA 1,104.
By sector: Government 5 · Independent 1 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 6 · Combined 1
| Pacific Berowra Christian School, Berowra | Independent | Primary | 0.8 km | 61 | 1,136 |
| Berowra Public School, Berowra | Government | Primary | 1.1 km | 272 | 1,085 |
| St Bernard's Catholic Primary School, Berowra Heights | Catholic | Primary | 1.6 km | 297 | 1,131 |
| Wideview Public School, Berowra Heights | Government | Primary | 2.3 km | 321 | 1,102 |
| Mount Kuring-gai Public School, Mount Kuring-Gai | Government | Primary | 3.5 km | 132 | 1,083 |
| Gibberagong Environmental Education Centre, North Turramurra | Government | Combined | 3.7 km | — | — |
| Cowan Public School, Cowan | Government | Primary | 4.7 km | 24 | 1,063 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Berowra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10308/berowra/topic/education