64.1% ▲ +16.8%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 54.9%
- 2016: 60.0%
- 2021: 64.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Cordeaux Heights · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Cordeaux Heights
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Higher levels of learning have become more common in Cordeaux Heights since 2011. This is an area where 64.1% of people finished Year 12, which is well above the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is much higher here than in most similar areas, sitting 5.2 percentage points above both the state and national figures. About 21.8% of residents topped out at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Cordeaux Heights, Year 12 is the majority at 66%; Year 10 is next at 22%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 29.4% of the population, which is well above the Australian average. This group includes those with postgraduate degrees (12.1%) and bachelor degrees (27.4%).
29.4% ▲ +36.2%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.6%
- 2016: 26.1%
- 2021: 29.4%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Cordeaux Heights splits fairly evenly between Bachelor degree (30%) and Certificate III / IV (30%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 19%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common qualifications are in management and commerce (23.2%) and engineering (20.0%), followed by education at 11.5%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Cordeaux Heights has a school advantage score of 1,041, which is much higher than most areas. There are 15 schools within 3km, with two-thirds being government-run primary schools.
3.85
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
15
Higher than 86% 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).
333
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,041
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Cordeaux Heights
15 schools — 5,002 students, average ICSEA 1,041.
By sector: Government 10 · Independent 4 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 10 · Combined 3 · Secondary 2
| Illawarra Christian School, Cordeaux Heights | Independent | Combined | 0.3 km | 800 | 1,091 |
| Craig Davis College, Cordeaux Heights | Independent | Secondary | 0.3 km | 45 | 825 |
| Unanderra Public School, Cordeaux Heights | Government | Primary | 0.6 km | 348 | 992 |
| Cedars Christian College - Aspire, Unanderra | Independent | Combined | 1.1 km | 13 | 1,094 |
| Cedars Christian College, Unanderra | Independent | Combined | 1.2 km | 661 | 1,067 |
| St Pius X Catholic Primary School, Unanderra | Catholic | Primary | 1.4 km | 371 | 1,066 |
| Mount Kembla Public School, Mount Kembla | Government | Primary | 1.7 km | 159 | 1,050 |
| Farmborough Road Public School, Unanderra | Government | Primary | 1.8 km | 226 | 961 |
| Figtree Public School, Figtree | Government | Primary | 2.4 km | 264 | 1,028 |
| Figtree High School, Figtree | Government | Secondary | 2.6 km | 880 | 1,013 |
| Nareena Hills Public School, Figtree | Government | Primary | 2.8 km | 209 | 1,080 |
| Figtree Heights Public School, Figtree | Government | Primary | 2.9 km | 181 | 1,061 |
| Lindsay Park Public School, Wollongong | Government | Primary | 3.4 km | 334 | 1,068 |
| Berkeley West Public School, Berkeley | Government | Primary | 3.6 km | 157 | 868 |
| Mount St Thomas Public School, Wollongong | Government | Primary | 3.9 km | 354 | 1,070 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Cordeaux Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11070/cordeaux-heights/topic/education