33.0% ▲ +20.0%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.5%
- 2016: 29.9%
- 2021: 33.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Eden · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Eden
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 33% of residents in Eden have completed Year 12, a figure far below the national average. This suggests a local workforce that relies more on practical experience and vocational training than formal senior secondary schooling.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Completing Year 12 is much less common here than in most other areas, falling 26 points behind both New South Wales and Australia. About 30% of the population finished Year 10, while 16.7% left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →Eden splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (37%) and Year 10 (33%), with Year 9 or below at 19%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 11.1% of the population, which is far below the state and national figures. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 36.1% of residents.
11.1% ▲ +57.2%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 11.1%
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 Eden, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 50%, followed by Bachelor degree (20%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (19%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for qualified residents are Engineering and related fields at 15.4%, followed by Management and Commerce at 12.4% and Society and Culture at 11%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Eden has four schools within 3 kilometres, which is more than 73% of similar areas. Half of the schools are government-run, with the remaining half split between Catholic and Independent providers.
3.79
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
4
Higher than 71% 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).
384
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
983
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Eden
4 schools — 1,536 students, average ICSEA 983.
By sector: Government 2 · Catholic 1 · Independent 1
By type: Secondary 2 · Primary 1 · Combined 1
| Eden Marine High School, Eden | Government | Secondary | 4.1 km | 536 | 956 |
| Eden Public School, Eden | Government | Primary | 5.0 km | 256 | 906 |
| Lumen Christi Catholic College, Pambula Beach | Catholic | Combined | 9.0 km | 692 | 1,040 |
| Pambula Beach Flexible School, Pambula | Independent | Secondary | 9.5 km | 52 | 888 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Eden [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11378/eden/topic/education