70.0% —
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 49.1%
- 2021: 70.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Fishermans Bay · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Fishermans Bay
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
High levels of schooling and university degrees define daily life in Fishermans Bay, where nearly half of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. This creates a highly qualified local population, with 70% of residents having completed Year 12, a figure far above both the state and national averages.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Schooling levels are much higher than in most areas, with 70% of people finishing Year 12. This is 11 percentage points higher than the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Fishermans Bay, Year 12 is the majority at 74%; Year 10 is next at 11%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Almost half of adults have a bachelor degree or higher, which is far above the national figure of 26.3%. These high qualifications are mostly bachelor degrees at 35.8% and postgraduate degrees at 20.8%.
47.9% —
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.1%
- 2021: 47.9%
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 Fishermans Bay, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 37%, followed by Postgraduate degree (22%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common qualifications are in management and commerce at 22.6%, followed by education and natural and physical sciences, which both sit at 15.1%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one government primary school within 3 km, which is more than about 59% of similar areas. However, the average school advantage score is lower than most 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).
309
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
962
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Fishermans Bay
1 school — 309 students, average ICSEA 962.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Anna Bay Public School, Anna Bay | Government | Primary | 1.2 km | 309 | 962 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Fishermans Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11525/fishermans-bay/topic/education