32.0% ▲ +22.7%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.1%
- 2016: 25.9%
- 2021: 32.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Orient Point · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Orient Point
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people have finished high school in Orient Point compared to the rest of the country. Only 32% of residents completed Year 12, which is a huge gap of 27 percentage points below the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is much lower than in most areas. About 31% of residents finished Year 10, while nearly 20% left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →Orient Point splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (35%) and Year 10 (34%), with Year 9 or below at 22%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is less common here, with only 10% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher, far below the New South Wales figure of 27.8%. Instead, Certificate III or IV is the most common qualification at 41.7%.
10.0% ▲ +85.3%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.4%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 10.0%
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 Orient Point, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 54%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 19%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most popular fields are engineering and related studies at 21.7%, followed by management and commerce at 15.7%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are two government primary schools within 3km of the area. These schools are smaller than those in most similar areas and have a lower average advantage score.
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).
163
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
949
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Orient Point
2 schools — 325 students, average ICSEA 949.
By sector: Government 2
By type: Primary 2
| Greenwell Point Public School, Greenwell Point | Government | Primary | 1.4 km | 106 | 943 |
| Culburra Public School, Culburra Beach | Government | Primary | 2.9 km | 219 | 952 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Orient Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13107/orient-point/topic/education