51.4% ▲ +20.8%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 42.5%
- 2016: 38.6%
- 2021: 51.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Mystery Bay · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Mystery Bay
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Nearly 29% of adults in Mystery Bay hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas. While this is a highly qualified population, the percentage of people who finished Year 12 is well below the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 51.4% of residents completed Year 12, which is well below the 58.8% national average. About 23.2% of people finished Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Mystery Bay, Year 12 is the majority at 59%; Year 10 is next at 27%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University qualifications are common here, with 28.3% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is a little above the Australian figure and much higher than most similar areas.
28.3% ▲ +44.0%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.6%
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 28.3%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Mystery Bay splits fairly evenly between Bachelor degree (31%) and Certificate III / IV (28%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 22%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are split equally between Engineering, Management and Commerce, and Society and Culture, each at 13.1%. Education accounts for 9.8% of qualifications.
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 areas in this regard.
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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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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Mystery Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12894/mystery-bay/topic/education