49.8% ▲ +13.1%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 44.0%
- 2016: 44.1%
- 2021: 49.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Bexhill · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Bexhill
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Higher rates of university degrees than most similar areas make Bexhill a well-qualified community. While nearly a quarter of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, the proportion of people who finished Year 12 is well below the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 49.8% of residents completed Year 12, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. About 26.9% of the population had Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Bexhill, Year 12 is the majority at 56%; Year 10 is next at 31%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
A bachelor degree or higher is held by 24.5% of adults, which is much higher than most similar areas. This is a little below the Australian average of 26.3%, while Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common at 26.1%.
24.5% ▲ +60.1%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.3%
- 2016: 19.2%
- 2021: 24.5%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Bexhill splits fairly evenly between Certificate III / IV (35%) and Bachelor degree (33%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 18%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for those with qualifications are education at 13.1% and society and culture at 11.7%. Health, engineering, and management each account for about 9% of qualifications.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Bexhill has a very high number of schools for its size, with 9.71 schools per 1,000 children. Most are primary schools, and they have a school advantage score that is much higher than most areas.
9.71
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
5
Higher than 73% 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).
198
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,052
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Bexhill
5 schools — 988 students, average ICSEA 1,052.
By sector: Government 3 · Independent 1 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 4 · Secondary 1
| Bexhill Public School, Bexhill | Government | Primary | 1.3 km | 113 | 995 |
| Vistara Primary School, Richmond Hill | Independent | Primary | 3.3 km | 19 | 1,121 |
| Corndale Public School, Corndale | Government | Primary | 4.8 km | 23 | 998 |
| Eltham Public School, Eltham | Government | Primary | 5.5 km | 59 | 1,075 |
| St John's College, Lismore | Catholic | Secondary | 6.0 km | 774 | 1,059 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Bexhill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10332/bexhill/topic/education