69.5% —
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 61.8%
- 2021: 69.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Collaroy Plateau · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Collaroy Plateau
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
An 11 percentage point gap separates Collaroy Plateau from the national average for Year 12 completion. This area has a highly educated population, with nearly 70% of residents finishing high school and about 30% holding a bachelor degree or higher.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Almost 70% of residents completed Year 12, which is far above the figures for both New South Wales and Australia. Only 4.8% of the population finished at Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Collaroy Plateau, Year 12 is the majority at 72%; Year 10 is next at 18%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 30.2% of the population, a figure that is well above the national average. The most common high-level qualification is a bachelor degree at 32.2%.
30.2% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.9%
- 2021: 30.2%
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 Collaroy Plateau, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 36%, followed by Certificate III / IV (27%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (20%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are management and commerce at 27.9%, followed by engineering and related fields at 13.2% and society and culture at 11.4%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Local schools have some of the highest advantage scores in the region, though there are fewer schools per child than in most similar areas. There are 22 schools within 3km, with 63.6% being government run.
0.94
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
22
Higher than 87% 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).
569
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,113
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Collaroy Plateau
22 schools — 12,521 students, average ICSEA 1,113.
By sector: Government 14 · Catholic 4 · Independent 4
By type: Primary 15 · Combined 4 · Secondary 3
| Collaroy Plateau Public School, Collaroy Plateau | Government | Primary | 0.4 km | 452 | 1,109 |
| St Rose Catholic Primary School, Collaroy Plateau | Catholic | Primary | 0.6 km | 227 | 1,149 |
| Wheeler Heights Public School, Collaroy Plateau | Government | Primary | 0.6 km | 430 | 1,086 |
| Northern Beaches Secondary College Cromer Campus, Cromer | Government | Secondary | 0.9 km | 1,157 | 1,056 |
| Pittwater House Schools, Collaroy | Independent | Combined | 1.1 km | 1,002 | 1,158 |
| Narrabeen Lakes Public School, Narrabeen | Government | Primary | 1.4 km | 364 | 1,091 |
| Cromer Public School, Cromer | Government | Primary | 1.6 km | 468 | 1,091 |
| Fisher Road School, Dee Why | Government | Combined | 1.7 km | 62 | 1,050 |
| Dee Why Public School, Dee Why | Government | Primary | 2.0 km | 478 | 1,028 |
| Karuna Montessori School, Narraweena | Independent | Primary | 2.2 km | 4 | — |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Narrabeen | Catholic | Primary | 2.2 km | 195 | 1,102 |
| Narraweena Public School, Narraweena | Government | Primary | 2.5 km | 511 | 1,059 |
| St John the Apostle Catholic Primary School, Narraweena | Catholic | Primary | 2.6 km | 247 | 1,091 |
| St Kevin's Catholic Primary School, Dee Why | Catholic | Primary | 2.6 km | 178 | 1,085 |
| Elanora Heights Public School, Elanora Heights | Government | Primary | 3.1 km | 387 | 1,087 |
| St Luke's Grammar School, Dee Why | Independent | Combined | 3.2 km | 1,481 | 1,178 |
| Narrabeen Sports High School, North Narrabeen | Government | Secondary | 3.5 km | 794 | 1,042 |
| Beacon Hill Public School, Beacon Hill | Government | Primary | 3.5 km | 459 | 1,099 |
| St Augustine's College Sydney, Brookvale | Independent | Combined | 3.6 km | 1,580 | 1,141 |
| Northern Beaches Secondary College Manly Campus, North Curl Curl | Government | Secondary | 3.6 km | 766 | 1,217 |
| Narrabeen North Public School, North Narrabeen | Government | Primary | 3.6 km | 580 | 1,076 |
| Curl Curl North Public School, North Curl Curl | Government | Primary | 3.7 km | 699 | 1,116 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Collaroy Plateau [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10971/collaroy-plateau/topic/education