41.6% ▲ +31.2%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.7%
- 2016: 36.3%
- 2021: 41.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Maloneys Beach · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Maloneys Beach
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Maloneys Beach have finished high school or earned a degree compared to the rest of the country. Only 41.6% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This gap extends to higher education, where the local rate of university degrees is much lower than both the state and national averages.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Around 41.6% of residents completed Year 12, a figure that is far below the New South Wales average of 58.9%. More than a third of the population finished Year 10, while 17.2% left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Maloneys Beach, the largest group is Year 12 at 43%, followed by Year 10 (34%) and Year 9 or below (18%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Just 14.5% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the 26.3% national average. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 42% of residents.
14.5% ▲ +46.0%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 14.5%
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 Maloneys Beach, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 51%; Bachelor degree is next at 18%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for qualified residents are Engineering and Management & Commerce, each making up 15% of qualifications. Other notable fields include Society & Culture at 12.5% and Architecture & Building at 10%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of the area, making it smaller than about 59% of similar places.
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Lower than 99% 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).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Maloneys Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12470/maloneys-beach/topic/education