29.0% —
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 34.2%
- 2021: 29.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Frog Rock · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Frog Rock
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Education levels in Frog Rock have remained consistently low compared to the rest of the state. Only 29% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This gap is mirrored in higher education, where university degrees are much less common than in most other areas.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Just 29% of people here completed Year 12, a figure far below the New South Wales average of 58.9%. About 28% of residents stopped their schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →Frog Rock splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (35%) and Year 10 (34%), with Year 11 at 16%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are rare here, with only 8.8% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. Instead, the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 46% of residents.
8.8% —
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 8.8%
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 Frog Rock, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 70%; Bachelor degree is next at 16%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are Engineering and related subjects at 25.3%, followed by Health at 11.5%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of the area, which is smaller than about 59% of similar areas.
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Lower than 99% 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).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Frog Rock [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11573/frog-rock/topic/education