73.6% ▲ +16.8%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.0%
- 2016: 66.5%
- 2021: 73.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Dee Why · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Dee Why
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Over a third of adults in Dee Why hold a bachelor degree or higher, reflecting a highly educated community. This is well above the national figure, and it is consistent with a very high rate of residents who finished high school.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Schooling levels are among the highest for similar areas, with 73.6% of people completing Year 12. This is far above the 58.9% recorded across New South Wales.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Dee Why, Year 12 is the majority at 77%; Year 10 is next at 13%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
About 36.2% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher, which is well above the Australian average of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a bachelor degree at 34.6%.
36.2% ▲ +45.5%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.9%
- 2016: 28.9%
- 2021: 36.2%
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 Dee Why, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 40%, followed by Certificate III / IV (21%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (20%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are management and commerce at 26.4%, followed by society and culture at 12.7% and engineering at 10.4%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Dee Why has some of the largest average school sizes and high advantage scores compared to similar areas. There are 28 schools within 3km, though there are much fewer schools per 1,000 children than in most other areas.
1.14
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
28
Higher than 88% 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).
562
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,121
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Dee Why
28 schools — 15,173 students, average ICSEA 1,121.
By sector: Government 18 · Catholic 5 · Independent 5
By type: Primary 17 · Secondary 6 · Combined 5
| St Kevin's Catholic Primary School, Dee Why | Catholic | Primary | 0.4 km | 178 | 1,085 |
| Dee Why Public School, Dee Why | Government | Primary | 0.5 km | 478 | 1,028 |
| Fisher Road School, Dee Why | Government | Combined | 0.6 km | 62 | 1,050 |
| St Luke's Grammar School, Dee Why | Independent | Combined | 1.1 km | 1,481 | 1,178 |
| Pittwater House Schools, Collaroy | Independent | Combined | 1.2 km | 1,002 | 1,158 |
| Karuna Montessori School, Narraweena | Independent | Primary | 1.4 km | 4 | — |
| Curl Curl North Public School, North Curl Curl | Government | Primary | 1.5 km | 699 | 1,116 |
| St John the Apostle Catholic Primary School, Narraweena | Catholic | Primary | 1.5 km | 247 | 1,091 |
| Northern Beaches Secondary College Manly Campus, North Curl Curl | Government | Secondary | 1.5 km | 766 | 1,217 |
| Narraweena Public School, Narraweena | Government | Primary | 1.6 km | 511 | 1,059 |
| Northern Beaches Secondary College Cromer Campus, Cromer | Government | Secondary | 1.6 km | 1,157 | 1,056 |
| St Augustine's College Sydney, Brookvale | Independent | Combined | 1.9 km | 1,580 | 1,141 |
| Collaroy Plateau Public School, Collaroy Plateau | Government | Primary | 2.1 km | 452 | 1,109 |
| Cromer Public School, Cromer | Government | Primary | 2.1 km | 468 | 1,091 |
| Northern Beaches Secondary College Freshwater Senior Campus, Freshwater | Government | Secondary | 2.1 km | 647 | 1,098 |
| Brookvale Public School, Brookvale | Government | Primary | 2.1 km | 306 | 1,075 |
| Harbord Public School, Freshwater | Government | Primary | 2.4 km | 881 | 1,137 |
| Stewart House School, Curl Curl | Government | Combined | 2.5 km | — | — |
| Wheeler Heights Public School, Collaroy Plateau | Government | Primary | 2.7 km | 430 | 1,086 |
| St John the Baptist Catholic Primary School, Freshwater | Catholic | Primary | 2.7 km | 163 | 1,134 |
| St Rose Catholic Primary School, Collaroy Plateau | Catholic | Primary | 2.7 km | 227 | 1,149 |
| Beacon Hill Public School, Beacon Hill | Government | Primary | 2.8 km | 459 | 1,099 |
| The Beach School, Allambie Heights | Government | Secondary | 3.5 km | 35 | 1,039 |
| Narrabeen Lakes Public School, Narrabeen | Government | Primary | 3.5 km | 364 | 1,091 |
| Northern Beaches Secondary College Mackellar Girls Campus, Manly Vale | Government | Secondary | 3.8 km | 1,023 | 1,115 |
| Stella Maris College, Manly | Independent | Secondary | 3.9 km | 1,006 | 1,135 |
| St Kieran's Catholic Primary School, Manly Vale | Catholic | Primary | 4.0 km | 141 | 1,122 |
| Allambie Heights Public School, Allambie Heights | Government | Primary | 4.1 km | 406 | 1,138 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Dee Why [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11229/dee-why/topic/education