36.9% ▲ +26.7%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.1%
- 2016: 32.1%
- 2021: 36.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Evans Head · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Evans Head
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer people have finished high school in Evans Head than in most similar areas. Only 36.9% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This trend carries through to higher education, where the proportion of adults with a university degree is also much lower than across the rest of the country.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 36.9% of residents finished Year 12, a figure far below the New South Wales average of 58.9%. Meanwhile, 32.5% of people reached Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →Evans Head splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (41%) and Year 10 (36%), with Year 9 or below at 16%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Typical qualifications are more likely to be trade-based, with 34.1% of adults holding a Certificate III or IV. Those with a bachelor degree or higher make up 15.5% of the population, which is far below the Australian average of 26.3%.
15.5% ▲ +58.8%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 15.5%
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 Evans Head, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 45%, followed by Bachelor degree (25%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification in the area are Engineering and related subjects at 13%, followed by Education at 12.4% and Society and Culture at 12.1%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has a lower number of schools per 1,000 children than most similar places, though the schools here are much larger than usual. All local schools are government-run and combined primary and secondary institutions.
2.37
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
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).
531
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
955
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Evans Head
1 school — 531 students, average ICSEA 955.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Combined 1
| Evans River Community School, Evans Head | Government | Combined | 0.2 km | 531 | 955 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Evans Head [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11472/evans-head/topic/education