87.6% ▲ +7.9%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 81.2%
- 2016: 83.4%
- 2021: 87.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Dover Heights · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Dover Heights
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
High levels of learning define daily life in Dover Heights, where over half of all adults hold a university degree. This is a highly educated community where 87.6% of residents finished Year 12, which is far above the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Finishing Year 12 is very common here, with 87.6% of people reaching this milestone. This is far above the 58.9% seen across New South Wales.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Dover Heights, Year 12 is the majority at 91%; Year 10 is next at 5%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The area has some of the highest qualification levels in the country. About 51.9% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher, which is far above the Australian average of 26.3%.
51.9% ▲ +25.1%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 41.5%
- 2016: 47.6%
- 2021: 51.9%
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 Dover Heights, Bachelor degree is the majority at 53%; Postgraduate degree is next at 21%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Most residents with degrees studied management and commerce, making up 31.6% of qualifications. Other common fields include society and culture at 16.4% and health at 11.9%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Local schools are much larger than most areas and have some of the highest advantage scores. While there are 20 schools within 3km, the number of schools per 1,000 children is much lower than most areas.
1.22
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
20
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).
619
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,148
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Dover Heights
20 schools — 11,752 students, average ICSEA 1,148.
By sector: Independent 9 · Government 8 · Catholic 3
By type: Primary 10 · Combined 6 · Secondary 4
| Kesser Torah College, Dover Heights | Independent | Combined | 0.2 km | 484 | 1,082 |
| Rose Bay Secondary College, Dover Heights | Government | Secondary | 0.7 km | 1,127 | 1,107 |
| McAuley Catholic Primary School, Rose Bay | Catholic | Primary | 0.9 km | 273 | 1,168 |
| Rose Bay Public School, Rose Bay | Government | Primary | 0.9 km | 377 | 1,145 |
| Kambala, Rose Bay | Independent | Combined | 1.2 km | 986 | 1,169 |
| Galilee Catholic Primary School, Bondi Beach | Catholic | Primary | 1.4 km | 88 | 1,160 |
| Wairoa School, Bondi Beach | Government | Combined | 1.4 km | 75 | 1,025 |
| WAYS Secondary, Bondi | Independent | Secondary | 1.5 km | 62 | 987 |
| Kincoppal - Rose Bay School of the Sacred Heart, Rose Bay | Independent | Combined | 1.5 km | 851 | 1,160 |
| Bondi Beach Public School, Bondi Beach | Government | Primary | 1.6 km | 348 | 1,120 |
| Bellevue Hill Public School, Bellevue Hill | Government | Primary | 2.4 km | 573 | 1,156 |
| The Scots College, Bellevue Hill | Independent | Combined | 2.5 km | 2,076 | 1,162 |
| Bondi Public School, Bondi | Government | Primary | 2.6 km | 464 | 1,139 |
| Vaucluse Public School, Vaucluse | Government | Primary | 2.6 km | 217 | 1,145 |
| Montessori East, Bondi | Independent | Primary | 2.7 km | 80 | 1,188 |
| Cranbrook School, Bellevue Hill | Independent | Secondary | 2.7 km | 1,693 | 1,181 |
| Reddam House, Woollahra | Independent | Combined | 3.1 km | — | 1,203 |
| Holy Cross Catholic Primary School, Woollahra | Catholic | Primary | 3.2 km | 196 | 1,164 |
| Bronte Public School, Bronte | Government | Primary | 3.5 km | 257 | 1,176 |
| Waverley College, Waverley | Independent | Secondary | 3.5 km | 1,525 | 1,131 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Dover Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11286/dover-heights/topic/education