68.8% —
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 56.0%
- 2021: 68.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Hardys Bay · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Hardys Bay
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far more adults in Hardys Bay hold high-level degrees compared to the rest of the country. The area is highly educated, with 40% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher and nearly 69% completing Year 12.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion is well above the national figure, with 68.8% of residents finishing Year 12. This is 10 percentage points higher than the Australian average.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Hardys Bay, Year 12 is the majority at 70%; Year 10 is next at 21%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is very common here, as the 40% of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is far above the New South Wales figure of 27.8%.
40.0% —
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.5%
- 2021: 40.0%
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 Hardys Bay, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 36%, followed by Certificate III / IV (21%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (19%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in this area are most common in management and commerce at 18.9%, followed closely by society and culture at 18.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are three schools within 3km, which is more than most similar areas. All are government primary schools.
3
Higher than 67% 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).
357
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,019
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Hardys Bay
3 schools — 1,070 students, average ICSEA 1,019.
By sector: Government 3
By type: Primary 3
| Pretty Beach Public School, Pretty Beach | Government | Primary | 0.5 km | 154 | 1,102 |
| Ettalong Public School, Ettalong Beach | Government | Primary | 2.6 km | 490 | 975 |
| Empire Bay Public School, Empire Bay | Government | Primary | 2.6 km | 426 | 1,039 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Hardys Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11859/hardys-bay/topic/education