69.8% ▲ +20.1%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.1%
- 2016: 67.2%
- 2021: 69.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Brookvale · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Brookvale
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Nearly 70% of Brookvale residents have completed Year 12, a figure far above the national average. This is a highly educated area where people are more likely to hold advanced degrees and university qualifications than in most other parts of the country.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion is high here, with 69.8% of people finishing Year 12. This is far above the New South Wales figure of 58.9%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Brookvale, Year 12 is the majority at 75%; Year 10 is next at 14%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are common, as 33% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. This is well above the Australian average of 26.3%.
33.0% ▲ +45.8%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.6%
- 2016: 28.9%
- 2021: 33.0%
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 Brookvale, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 39%, followed by Certificate III / IV (25%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (17%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are management and commerce at 24.9%, followed by society and culture and engineering.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Brookvale has some of the largest average school sizes in the region, with 33 schools located within 3 kilometres. Most of these are government schools, making up 63.6% of the sector.
4.03
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
33
Higher than 89% 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).
575
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,127
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Brookvale
33 schools — 18,393 students, average ICSEA 1,127.
By sector: Government 21 · Independent 7 · Catholic 5
By type: Primary 19 · Combined 7 · Secondary 7
| Brookvale Public School, Brookvale | Government | Primary | 0.2 km | 306 | 1,075 |
| St Augustine's College Sydney, Brookvale | Independent | Combined | 0.4 km | 1,580 | 1,141 |
| Northern Beaches Secondary College Manly Campus, North Curl Curl | Government | Secondary | 1.1 km | 766 | 1,217 |
| Northern Beaches Secondary College Freshwater Senior Campus, Freshwater | Government | Secondary | 1.1 km | 647 | 1,098 |
| The Beach School, Allambie Heights | Government | Secondary | 1.2 km | 35 | 1,039 |
| St Luke's Grammar School, Dee Why | Independent | Combined | 1.4 km | 1,481 | 1,178 |
| St John the Apostle Catholic Primary School, Narraweena | Catholic | Primary | 1.4 km | 247 | 1,091 |
| Beacon Hill Public School, Beacon Hill | Government | Primary | 1.5 km | 459 | 1,099 |
| Narraweena Public School, Narraweena | Government | Primary | 1.5 km | 511 | 1,059 |
| Karuna Montessori School, Narraweena | Independent | Primary | 1.8 km | 4 | — |
| Curl Curl North Public School, North Curl Curl | Government | Primary | 1.9 km | 699 | 1,116 |
| Allambie Heights Public School, Allambie Heights | Government | Primary | 1.9 km | 406 | 1,138 |
| Harbord Public School, Freshwater | Government | Primary | 1.9 km | 881 | 1,137 |
| St John the Baptist Catholic Primary School, Freshwater | Catholic | Primary | 1.9 km | 163 | 1,134 |
| Dee Why Public School, Dee Why | Government | Primary | 2.1 km | 478 | 1,028 |
| St Kevin's Catholic Primary School, Dee Why | Catholic | Primary | 2.1 km | 178 | 1,085 |
| St Kieran's Catholic Primary School, Manly Vale | Catholic | Primary | 2.2 km | 141 | 1,122 |
| Northern Beaches Secondary College Mackellar Girls Campus, Manly Vale | Government | Secondary | 2.2 km | 1,023 | 1,115 |
| Stewart House School, Curl Curl | Government | Combined | 2.4 km | — | — |
| Manly Vale Public School, Manly Vale | Government | Primary | 2.5 km | 553 | 1,129 |
| Fisher Road School, Dee Why | Government | Combined | 2.5 km | 62 | 1,050 |
| Arranounbai School, Frenchs Forest | Government | Combined | 2.6 km | 34 | 1,073 |
| Cromer Public School, Cromer | Government | Primary | 2.8 km | 468 | 1,091 |
| Stella Maris College, Manly | Independent | Secondary | 3.0 km | 1,006 | 1,135 |
| Northern Beaches Secondary College Cromer Campus, Cromer | Government | Secondary | 3.1 km | 1,157 | 1,056 |
| Pittwater House Schools, Collaroy | Independent | Combined | 3.1 km | 1,002 | 1,158 |
| Balgowlah North Public School, North Balgowlah | Government | Primary | 3.1 km | 381 | 1,169 |
| Farmhouse Montessori School, North Balgowlah | Independent | Primary | 3.1 km | 37 | 1,165 |
| Manly West Public School, Balgowlah | Government | Primary | 3.3 km | 761 | 1,147 |
| Oxford Falls Grammar School, Oxford Falls | Independent | Combined | 3.5 km | 1,201 | 1,137 |
| Seaforth Public School, Seaforth | Government | Primary | 3.8 km | 394 | 1,165 |
| St Cecilia's Catholic Primary School, Balgowlah | Catholic | Primary | 3.9 km | 232 | 1,168 |
| Northern Beaches Secondary College Balgowlah Boys Campus, Balgowlah | Government | Secondary | 4.0 km | 1,100 | 1,115 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Brookvale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10598/brookvale/topic/education