48.1% ▲ +21.6%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 39.6%
- 2016: 41.0%
- 2021: 48.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Berridale · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Berridale
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer than half of residents in Berridale finished Year 12, which is far below the state and national figures. This gap in early schooling is reflected in the qualifications of adults, where high-level degrees are much less common than in the rest of Australia.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 48.1% of people here completed Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. About 28.3% of the population listed Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Berridale, Year 12 is the majority at 53%; Year 10 is next at 31%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 16.9% of the population, which is well below the Australian average of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 39.6% of residents.
16.9% ▲ +48.4%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 16.9%
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 Berridale, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 49%, followed by Bachelor degree (21%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (16%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are management and commerce at 16.8%, followed by engineering and related fields at 14.7%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Berridale has one government primary school, which is much smaller than those in most other areas with an average size of 69 students.
4.55
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
1
Lower than 57% 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).
69
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
982
Lower 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 Berridale
1 school — 69 students, average ICSEA 982.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Berridale Public School, Berridale | Government | Primary | 0.8 km | 69 | 982 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Berridale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10315/berridale/topic/education