36.4% —
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 33.7%
- 2021: 36.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Dobies Bight · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Dobies Bight
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Just 36.4% of people in Dobies Bight finished Year 12, a figure far below the New South Wales average. This gap is stark, yet nearly a quarter of adults hold a university degree, showing a divide between early schooling and later qualifications.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the national figure, with 36.4% of residents finishing school. This is much lower than most similar areas, and 30.7% of people stopped at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Dobies Bight, the largest group is Year 12 at 42%, followed by Year 10 (36%) and Year 9 or below (17%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
About 24.7% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher, which is much higher than most similar areas. However, this remains a little below the Australian average.
24.7% —
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.2%
- 2021: 24.7%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Dobies Bight splits fairly evenly between Certificate III / IV (37%) and Bachelor degree (33%), with Graduate diploma / certificate at 12%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common qualifications are in Education, held by 22.0% of residents, followed by Agriculture and Environment and Management and Commerce at 16.0% each.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one government primary school, though its average size of 18 students is among the lowest for this level. The school's advantage score of 931 is much lower than most other areas.
1
Lower than 57% 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).
18
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
931
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Dobies Bight
1 school — 18 students, average ICSEA 931.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Stratheden Public School, Stratheden | Government | Primary | 4.8 km | 18 | 931 |
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Dobies Bight [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11264/dobies-bight/topic/education