62.1% ▲ +2.8%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.4%
- 2016: 56.8%
- 2021: 62.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Erina Heights · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Erina Heights
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Over 62% of residents in Erina Heights finished Year 12, which is well above both the state and national figures. This high level of school completion helps set the tone for a well-educated area where a quarter of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is much higher here than in most areas, with 62.1% of residents finishing their secondary schooling. This is 3.2 percentage points higher than both the New South Wales and Australian figures.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Erina Heights, Year 12 is the majority at 65%; Year 10 is next at 23%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 25.2% of the population, a figure that is much higher than most areas, though it sits a little below the state and national averages.
25.2% ▲ +1.8%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.8%
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 25.2%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Erina Heights splits fairly evenly between Bachelor degree (33%) and Certificate III / IV (32%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 23%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common qualifications are in management and commerce at 19.1%, followed by society and culture at 12.7% and education at 12.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Schooling in the area is marked by a high average school advantage score and a high number of schools, with 12 located within 3km. Most of these are government primary schools.
20.41
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
12
Higher than 82% 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).
610
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,082
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Erina Heights
12 schools — 7,318 students, average ICSEA 1,082.
By sector: Government 8 · Independent 3 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 7 · Combined 3 · Secondary 2
| Erina Heights Public School, Erina Heights | Government | Primary | 0.5 km | 254 | 1,094 |
| Central Coast Grammar School, Erina Heights | Independent | Combined | 0.9 km | 1,561 | 1,155 |
| Our Lady Star of The Sea Catholic Primary School, Terrigal | Catholic | Primary | 1.2 km | 605 | 1,102 |
| Central Coast Adventist School, Erina | Independent | Combined | 2.0 km | 1,136 | 1,112 |
| Holgate Public School, Holgate | Government | Primary | 2.4 km | 95 | 1,047 |
| Aspect Central Coast School, Terrigal | Independent | Combined | 2.6 km | 122 | 1,030 |
| Terrigal High School, Terrigal | Government | Secondary | 2.6 km | 847 | 1,044 |
| Erina High School, Erina | Government | Secondary | 2.9 km | 781 | 996 |
| Woodport Public School, Erina | Government | Primary | 3.0 km | 429 | 1,041 |
| Terrigal Public School, Terrigal | Government | Primary | 3.3 km | 888 | 1,078 |
| Chertsey Primary School, Springfield | Government | Primary | 3.6 km | 125 | 935 |
| Wamberal Public School, Wamberal | Government | Primary | 4.1 km | 475 | 1,048 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Erina Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11437/erina-heights/topic/education