61.6% ▲ +9.3%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 56.4%
- 2016: 59.0%
- 2021: 61.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Maianbar · Suburb / Locality
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Higher education levels shape daily life in Maianbar, where over a third of adults hold a university degree. This is well above the national figure, creating a community where a large proportion of residents have completed Year 12 and pursued further study.
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is much higher here than in most similar areas, with 61.6% of residents finishing their final school year.
61.6% ▲ +9.3%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
In Maianbar, Year 12 is the majority at 65%; Year 10 is next at 26%.
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Academic achievement is strong, as 35.0% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 27.8%.
35.0% ▲ +32.0%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Maianbar splits fairly evenly between Bachelor degree (33%) and Certificate III / IV (28%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 18%.
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across various fields, led by society and culture at 17.9% and engineering at 15.2%.
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area is served by 10 schools within 3 km, with a school advantage score of 1,092 that is much higher than most similar areas.
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).
350
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,092
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
10 schools — 3,497 students, average ICSEA 1,092.
By sector: Government 6 · Catholic 4
By type: Primary 8 · Secondary 2
| Lilli Pilli Public School, Lilli Pilli | Government | Primary | 1.8 km | 323 | 1,113 |
| Bundeena Public School, Bundeena | Government | Primary | 2.3 km | 174 | 1,067 |
| Cronulla South Public School, Cronulla | Government | Primary | 2.9 km | 261 | 1,093 |
| Our Lady of Mercy Catholic College Burraneer, Cronulla | Catholic | Secondary | 3.0 km | 421 | 1,086 |
| Caringbah Public School, Caringbah | Government | Primary | 3.0 km | 394 | 1,088 |
| St Aloysius College Cronulla, Cronulla | Catholic | Secondary | 3.1 km | 482 | 1,089 |
| Burraneer Bay Public School, Cronulla | Government | Primary | 3.3 km | 573 | 1,101 |
| St Francis de Sales Catholic Primary School, Woolooware | Catholic | Primary | 3.4 km | 175 | 1,124 |
| St Aloysius Catholic Primary School, Cronulla | Catholic | Primary | 3.4 km | 178 | 1,123 |
| Cronulla Public School, Cronulla | Government | Primary | 3.4 km | 516 | 1,064 |
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Maianbar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12452/maianbar/topic/education