77.6% —
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 72.3%
- 2021: 77.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Greenhills Beach · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Greenhills Beach
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Almost 78% of residents in Greenhills Beach have completed Year 12, a figure far above the national average. This is a highly educated area where university degrees are common and schooling levels are among the highest for similar places.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion is very high here, with 77.6% of people finishing Year 12. This is 19 percentage points higher than both the New South Wales and national figures.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Greenhills Beach, Year 12 is the majority at 80%; Year 10 is next at 14%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is prevalent, with 34.8% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is well above the national average of 26.3%.
34.8% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.1%
- 2021: 34.8%
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 Greenhills Beach, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 38%, followed by Certificate III / IV (21%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (19%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common qualifications are in management and commerce, held by 30.4% of residents, followed by engineering and related fields at 12.9%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Local schools have an advantage score of 1,077, which is much higher than most areas. There are 10 schools within 3km, more than 82% of similar areas.
2.87
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
10
Higher than 79% 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).
506
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,077
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Greenhills Beach
10 schools — 5,061 students, average ICSEA 1,077.
By sector: Government 6 · Catholic 4
By type: Primary 6 · Secondary 4
| Cronulla High School, Cronulla | Government | Secondary | 0.6 km | 1,205 | 1,050 |
| Woolooware High School, Woolooware | Government | Secondary | 1.6 km | 788 | 1,063 |
| Woolooware Public School, Cronulla | Government | Primary | 1.8 km | 462 | 1,086 |
| Cronulla Public School, Cronulla | Government | Primary | 2.4 km | 516 | 1,064 |
| St Aloysius Catholic Primary School, Cronulla | Catholic | Primary | 2.5 km | 178 | 1,123 |
| St Francis de Sales Catholic Primary School, Woolooware | Catholic | Primary | 2.6 km | 175 | 1,124 |
| St Aloysius College Cronulla, Cronulla | Catholic | Secondary | 2.8 km | 482 | 1,089 |
| Burraneer Bay Public School, Cronulla | Government | Primary | 3.2 km | 573 | 1,101 |
| Our Lady of Mercy Catholic College Burraneer, Cronulla | Catholic | Secondary | 3.2 km | 421 | 1,086 |
| Cronulla South Public School, Cronulla | Government | Primary | 3.4 km | 261 | 1,093 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Greenhills Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11770/greenhills-beach/topic/education