48.6% ▲ +19.5%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 40.7%
- 2016: 44.5%
- 2021: 48.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Malua Bay · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Malua Bay
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
More adults in Malua Bay hold bachelor degrees than in most similar areas, though the community generally has lower schooling levels than the state average. While nearly one in five residents has a degree, only 48.6% of the population finished Year 12.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion is far below the national and state figures, with only 48.6% of residents finishing Year 12. About 27.3% of people here had Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Malua Bay, Year 12 is the majority at 52%; Year 10 is next at 29%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 19.8% of the population, which is higher than most similar areas but well below the New South Wales figure. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 32.4% of residents.
19.8% ▲ +28.9%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.3%
- 2016: 17.3%
- 2021: 19.8%
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 Malua Bay, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 40%, followed by Bachelor degree (24%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (21%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for qualified residents are management and commerce at 17.5%, followed by society and culture at 12.9% and health at 12.1%.
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 for educational facilities 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).
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Malua Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12471/malua-bay/topic/education