39.5% ▲ +22.2%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.3%
- 2016: 33.1%
- 2021: 39.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Denhams Beach · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Denhams Beach
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people have finished high school in Denhams Beach than in most similar areas. Only 39.5% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This trend is mirrored in higher education, where the share of adults with a bachelor degree is also much lower than across Australia.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Just 39.5% of residents finished Year 12, which is 19 percentage points lower than the New South Wales and Australian averages. Roughly a quarter of the population stopped after Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Denhams Beach, the largest group is Year 12 at 47%, followed by Year 10 (30%) and Year 9 or below (13%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
About 14.9% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, far below the 26.3% national average. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 25% of people.
14.9% ▲ +10.9%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.4%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 14.9%
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 Denhams Beach, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 40%, followed by Bachelor degree (23%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (21%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for those with qualifications are management and commerce at 14.7%, followed by education at 10.5% and engineering at 10%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are three schools within 3 km, which is more than 70% of similar areas, though they have a much lower average advantage score than most. Two-thirds of these schools are government-run primary schools.
3
Higher than 67% 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).
377
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
934
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Denhams Beach
3 schools — 1,131 students, average ICSEA 934.
By sector: Government 2 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 2 · Secondary 1
| Sunshine Bay Public School, Batehaven | Government | Primary | 1.2 km | 203 | 903 |
| St Bernard's Primary School, Batemans Bay, Batehaven | Catholic | Primary | 1.5 km | 394 | 993 |
| Batemans Bay High School, Batehaven | Government | Secondary | 2.9 km | 534 | 902 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Denhams Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11238/denhams-beach/topic/education