41.3% ▲ +11.9%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.9%
- 2016: 41.4%
- 2021: 41.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Brightwaters · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Brightwaters
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Education levels in Brightwaters have seen little shift over the last decade, remaining lower than state and national figures. Only 41.3% of residents have completed Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales average of 58.9%. This creates a profile where trade certificates are far more common than university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Fewer people here finished high school compared to most areas. Only 41.3% completed Year 12, while 33.8% reached Year 10 and 12.4% left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Brightwaters, the largest group is Year 12 at 43%, followed by Year 10 (35%) and Year 9 or below (13%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 17% of the population, which is well below the Australian figure of 26.3%. Instead, the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 38.7% of residents.
17.0% ▲ +17.9%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.4%
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 17.0%
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 Brightwaters, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 44%, followed by Bachelor degree (21%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (20%).
Field of study
What people studied.
For those with higher qualifications, the most common fields are Management and commerce at 20.8% and Engineering and related fields at 16.9%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are 3 schools within 3km, which is more than 70% of similar areas, though they have a lower average advantage score than most. Two-thirds of these schools are independent.
7.69
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
3
Higher than 67% 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).
331
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
973
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Brightwaters
3 schools — 993 students, average ICSEA 973.
By sector: Independent 2 · Government 1
By type: Combined 2 · Primary 1
| Brightwaters Christian College, Brightwaters | Independent | Combined | 0.2 km | 106 | 1,001 |
| Bonnells Bay Public School, Bonnells Bay | Government | Primary | 2.5 km | 376 | 925 |
| Heritage College Lake Macquarie, Morisset | Independent | Combined | 3.6 km | 511 | 1,002 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Brightwaters [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10567/brightwaters/topic/education