45.9% ▲ +27.8%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.9%
- 2016: 40.4%
- 2021: 45.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Caves Beach · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Caves Beach
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer than 46% of residents in Caves Beach have completed Year 12, which is far below the national and state figures. While university degrees are more common here than in many similar areas, a large portion of the adult population holds vocational certificates.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 45.9% of people finished Year 12, a result far below the 58.8% national average. Around 33.2% of residents reached Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Caves Beach, the largest group is Year 12 at 48%, followed by Year 10 (35%) and Year 9 or below (11%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
About 20.7% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is higher than most similar areas but remains well below the New South Wales average of 27.8%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 34.1% of people.
20.7% ▲ +45.5%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.2%
- 2016: 17.3%
- 2021: 20.7%
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 Caves Beach, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 40%, followed by Bachelor degree (28%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (19%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across several fields, with Engineering and Management and Commerce both leading at 19.6%. Other common areas of study include Education at 11.7% and Society and Culture at 10.7%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are six schools within 3 km, which is more than 77% of similar areas. Most of these are government primary schools, with an average school size of 270 students.
3.09
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
6
Higher than 74% 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).
270
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
986
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Caves Beach
6 schools — 1,620 students, average ICSEA 986.
By sector: Government 5 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 5 · Secondary 1
| Swansea High School, Caves Beach | Government | Secondary | 0.7 km | 710 | 972 |
| Caves Beach Public School, Caves Beach | Government | Primary | 0.9 km | 349 | 1,019 |
| St Patrick's Primary School, Swansea | Catholic | Primary | 1.3 km | 165 | 1,041 |
| Swansea Public School, Swansea | Government | Primary | 3.1 km | 199 | 923 |
| Pelican Flat Public School, Pelican | Government | Primary | 3.8 km | 94 | 981 |
| Blacksmiths Public School, Blacksmiths | Government | Primary | 4.1 km | 103 | 1,004 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Caves Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10861/caves-beach/topic/education