40.5% ▲ +23.8%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.7%
- 2016: 38.8%
- 2021: 40.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Chittaway Bay · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Chittaway Bay
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people have finished high school in Chittaway Bay than in most similar areas. Only 40.5% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This lower level of formal schooling is consistent with the low number of adults holding a university degree.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion rates are far below the state and national figures, with 40.5% finishing Year 12. Around 36.7% of residents have Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →Chittaway Bay splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (42%) and Year 10 (38%), with Year 9 or below at 13%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University qualifications are less common here than in the rest of the country, with only 14.5% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. The most typical qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 45% of residents.
14.5% ▲ +109.6%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 14.5%
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 Chittaway Bay, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 53%; Bachelor degree is next at 20%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for qualified residents are management and commerce at 18.5%, followed by engineering and related fields at 15.7%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Local schools are much larger than most, with an average size of 526 students. While there are 7 schools within 3km, there are fewer schools per 1,000 children than in most areas.
2.70
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
7
Higher than 75% 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).
526
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,007
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Chittaway Bay
7 schools — 3,679 students, average ICSEA 1,007.
By sector: Government 4 · Independent 2 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 3 · Secondary 3 · Combined 1
| Chittaway Bay Public School, Chittaway Bay | Government | Primary | 1.3 km | 479 | 992 |
| Tuggerah Lakes Secondary College Berkeley Vale Campus, Berkeley Vale | Government | Secondary | 2.6 km | 851 | 959 |
| TLK Youth College, Berkeley Vale | Independent | Secondary | 2.8 km | 58 | 904 |
| Berkeley Vale Public School, Berkeley Vale | Government | Primary | 2.8 km | 524 | 988 |
| Tuggerah Public School, Tuggerah | Government | Primary | 3.2 km | 359 | 993 |
| Central Coast Steiner School, Fountaindale | Independent | Combined | 4.0 km | 330 | 1,092 |
| St Peter's Catholic College, Tuggerah | Catholic | Secondary | 4.0 km | 1,078 | 1,045 |
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Chittaway Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10910/chittaway-bay/topic/education