42.5% —
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.6%
- 2021: 42.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Patchs Beach · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Patchs Beach
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 10% of adults in Patchs Beach hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far below the national average. This reflects a broader trend in the area where high-level academic qualifications are less common than in most other Australian communities.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion rates are far below the state and national figures, with only 42.5% of residents finishing Year 12. About 40% of people in the area stopped their formal schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →Patchs Beach splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (46%) and Year 10 (43%), with Year 11 at 11%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Certificates III and IV are the most common qualification here, held by 48.1% of adults. This explains why the proportion of people with degrees is much lower than the state figure of 27.8%.
10.0% —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.3%
- 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 Patchs Beach, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 62%; Bachelor degree is next at 19%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are management and commerce at 29.6%, followed by engineering and related fields at 25.9%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has two government primary schools, though the average school size is among the lowest for similar areas with just 21 students. These schools have an average advantage score of 947, which is much lower than most areas.
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).
21
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
947
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Patchs Beach
2 schools — 42 students, average ICSEA 947.
By sector: Government 2
By type: Primary 2
| Empire Vale Public School, Empire Vale | Government | Primary | 3.6 km | 18 | 941 |
| Wardell Public School, Wardell | Government | Primary | 3.9 km | 24 | 952 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Patchs Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13169/patchs-beach/topic/education