37.6% ▲ +43.3%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.3%
- 2016: 30.8%
- 2021: 37.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Bray Park · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Bray Park
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common highest achievement for adults in Bray Park, where 41% of the population holds one. This is an area where formal schooling levels are much lower than the national figure, with only 37.6% of residents completing Year 12.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 37.6% of people here finished Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. About 35.7% of residents stopped their schooling at Year 10, and 11.9% left at Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →Bray Park splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (41%) and Year 10 (39%), with Year 9 or below at 13%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 11.6% of the population, which is far below the Australian average of 26.3%. Outside of trade certificates, 14.8% of residents hold a bachelor degree.
11.6% ▲ +46.4%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 11.6%
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 Bray Park, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 56%; Bachelor degree is next at 20%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification in the area are health at 15.6% and engineering at 13.2%. Management and commerce (12.2%) and society and culture (11.9%) also feature prominently.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are 10 schools within 3 km, which is more than about 82% of similar areas. These schools have a higher average advantage score than most other areas, with the sector split evenly between government, Catholic, and independent providers.
10
Higher than 79% 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).
289
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,025
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Bray Park
10 schools — 2,894 students, average ICSEA 1,025.
By sector: Government 4 · Independent 3 · Catholic 3
By type: Primary 5 · Secondary 3 · Combined 2
| Tweed Valley Adventist College, Murwillumbah | Independent | Combined | 1.4 km | 381 | 1,039 |
| Wollumbin High School, Murwillumbah | Government | Secondary | 1.5 km | 161 | 938 |
| Murwillumbah High School, Murwillumbah | Government | Secondary | 1.8 km | 347 | 950 |
| Murwillumbah Public School, Murwillumbah | Government | Primary | 2.1 km | 149 | 959 |
| Sathya Sai College, Murwillumbah | Independent | Primary | 2.4 km | 280 | 1,046 |
| The Small School, Murwillumbah | Independent | Combined | 2.6 km | 67 | 1,071 |
| Mount St Patrick College, Murwillumbah | Catholic | Secondary | 2.7 km | 823 | 1,071 |
| Mount St Patrick Primary School, Murwillumbah | Catholic | Primary | 2.7 km | 373 | 1,061 |
| St Joseph's Primary School, South Murwillumbah | Catholic | Primary | 2.8 km | 161 | 1,011 |
| Murwillumbah East Public School, Murwillumbah | Government | Primary | 3.8 km | 152 | 935 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Bray Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10549/bray-park/topic/education