46.0% ▲ +21.6%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.9%
- 2016: 43.6%
- 2021: 46.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Long Beach · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Long Beach
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A far lower share of adults in Long Beach finished high school compared to the state average, with only 46% completing Year 12. While university degrees are more common here than in most similar areas, the typical resident's schooling level remains well below the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Fewer than half of residents completed Year 12, a figure that is 13 percentage points lower than in both New South Wales and Australia. Roughly 32% of people stopped their schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Long Beach, the largest group is Year 12 at 48%, followed by Year 10 (34%) and Year 9 or below (10%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 18.8% of the population, which is higher than most similar areas but well below the national figure of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 36.4%.
18.8% ▲ +44.7%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 17.2%
- 2021: 18.8%
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 Long Beach, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 43%, followed by Bachelor degree (21%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (19%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are management and commerce at 17.3% and engineering at 14.8%. Society and culture, health, and education also make up significant shares.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are two government schools within 3km, which is more than about 66% of similar areas. These schools are larger than most, though they have a much lower average advantage score than most areas.
2
Higher than 62% 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).
514
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
899
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 Long Beach
2 schools — 1,028 students, average ICSEA 899.
By sector: Government 2
By type: Primary 1 · Secondary 1
| Batemans Bay Public School, Surfside | Government | Primary | 3.6 km | 494 | 896 |
| Batemans Bay High School, Batehaven | Government | Secondary | 5.0 km | 534 | 902 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Long Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12385/long-beach/topic/education