67.9% ▲ +32.0%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 51.5%
- 2016: 63.5%
- 2021: 67.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Hyams Beach · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Hyams Beach
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A far higher proportion of adults hold university degrees in Hyams Beach compared to the rest of the country. This high level of formal education is reflected in the local schooling patterns, where far more people finish Year 12 than the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Completion of Year 12 is well above the national figure, with 67.9% of residents finishing school compared to 58.8% across Australia.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Hyams Beach, Year 12 is the majority at 76%; Year 10 is next at 17%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The area has one of the highest shares of university-educated adults, with 38.1% holding a bachelor degree or higher, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 27.8%.
38.1% ▲ +67.2%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.8%
- 2016: 40.9%
- 2021: 38.1%
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 Hyams Beach, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 34%, followed by Postgraduate degree (26%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (21%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common qualifications are in management, commerce, society and culture, and engineering, which together make up over half of the degrees held here.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are three government schools within 3km, though the average school size of 413 is higher than in most similar areas.
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).
413
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
942
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Hyams Beach
3 schools — 1,238 students, average ICSEA 942.
By sector: Government 3
By type: Primary 2 · Secondary 1
| Jervis Bay School, Jervis Bay | Government | Primary | 3.1 km | 60 | 794 |
| Vincentia High School, Vincentia | Government | Secondary | 4.0 km | 927 | 933 |
| Vincentia Public School, Vincentia | Government | Primary | 4.2 km | 251 | 1,012 |
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Hyams Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11974/hyams-beach/topic/education