28.7% ▲ +80.2%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.9%
- 2016: 22.8%
- 2021: 28.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Heatherbrae · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Heatherbrae
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Low levels of formal schooling define the local workforce in Heatherbrae, where only 28.7% of people finished Year 12. This is far below the national figure of 58.8% and suggests a community where trade-based skills are likely more common than academic degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Finishing Year 12 is much less common here than in most areas, with only 28.7% of residents doing so. This is 30 points lower than both the state and national figures, while 30.1% of people listed Year 10 as their highest year of school.
Highest year of school
View on map →Heatherbrae splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (36%) and Year 12 (34%), with Year 9 or below at 24%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are rare in Heatherbrae, as only 6.9% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the New South Wales average of 27.8%, with Certificate III or IV being the most common qualification at 33.8%.
6.9% ▲ +68.9%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 6.9%
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 Heatherbrae, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 56%; Bachelor degree is next at 17%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in the area are largely focused on practical and business fields, with Engineering (16.7%) and Management and Commerce (14.0%) as the most frequent areas of study.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
While the area has a high number of schools—12.2 per 1,000 children—the average school advantage score is much lower than in most areas. Government schools make up 87.5% of the local sector.
12.20
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
8
Higher than 77% 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).
384
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
905
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Heatherbrae
8 schools — 3,075 students, average ICSEA 905.
By sector: Government 7 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 5 · Secondary 2 · Combined 1
| Hunter River High School, Heatherbrae | Government | Secondary | 0.6 km | 762 | 899 |
| Raymond Terrace Public School, Raymond Terrace | Government | Primary | 2.4 km | 322 | 864 |
| St Brigid's Primary School, Raymond Terrace | Catholic | Primary | 2.9 km | 377 | 1,012 |
| Irrawang Public School, Raymond Terrace | Government | Primary | 4.0 km | 304 | 863 |
| Irrawang High School, Raymond Terrace | Government | Secondary | 4.4 km | 810 | 916 |
| Grahamstown Public School, Raymond Terrace | Government | Primary | 5.2 km | 253 | 912 |
| Woodberry Learning Centre, Woodberry | Government | Combined | 5.7 km | 26 | 844 |
| Woodberry Public School, Woodberry | Government | Primary | 5.8 km | 221 | 817 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Heatherbrae [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11891/heatherbrae/topic/education