42.7% ▲ +14.6%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.3%
- 2016: 39.5%
- 2021: 42.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Black Head · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Black Head
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
About 30.6% of adults in Black Head hold a Certificate III or IV as their highest qualification. This is the most common qualification in the area, though the typical resident is far less likely to have finished Year 12 compared to the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 42.7% of people have completed Year 12, which is far below the 58.9% seen in New South Wales. Roughly 36.2% of residents stopped their schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Black Head, the largest group is Year 12 at 44%, followed by Year 10 (38%) and Year 9 or below (13%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Nineteen percent of adults have a bachelor degree or higher, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but still well below the Australian average of 26.3%.
19.0% ▲ +28.6%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.8%
- 2016: 19.1%
- 2021: 19.0%
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 Black Head, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 38%, followed by Bachelor degree (25%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (21%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for those with qualifications are management and commerce at 16.1%, followed by education at 14.1% and engineering at 13.6%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
One government primary school serves the area, and it has a school advantage score of 1,021, which is higher than most similar areas.
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).
302
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,021
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Black Head
1 school — 302 students, average ICSEA 1,021.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Hallidays Point Public School, Diamond Beach | Government | Primary | 3.3 km | 302 | 1,021 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Black Head [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10383/black-head/topic/education