69.6% ▲ +13.3%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.5%
- 2016: 64.7%
- 2021: 69.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Port Hacking · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Port Hacking
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Port Hacking stands out as a highly educated area compared to most similar places. A striking 35% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is well above the national figure. This high level of achievement is seen across the board, with far more people completing Year 12 than in most other parts of the country.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion is very high here, with 69.6% of residents finishing Year 12. This is far above both the New South Wales and Australian figures by 11 percentage points.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Port Hacking, Year 12 is the majority at 71%; Year 10 is next at 20%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Highly qualified adults are common, with 35% holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is well above the national figure of 26.3%, and the most common top qualification is a bachelor degree at 35.9%.
35.0% ▲ +29.2%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.1%
- 2016: 31.1%
- 2021: 35.0%
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 Port Hacking, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 40%, followed by Certificate III / IV (22%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (20%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most popular fields of study are management and commerce, held by 27.6% of qualified residents. Other common areas of study include society and culture, engineering, and health.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Local schools have an advantage score of 1,091, which is much higher than most areas. There are 16 schools within 3 km, with 62.5% being government-run and 37.5% Catholic.
16
Higher than 86% 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).
391
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,091
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Port Hacking
16 schools — 5,863 students, average ICSEA 1,091.
By sector: Government 10 · Catholic 6
By type: Primary 12 · Secondary 3 · Combined 1
| Lilli Pilli Public School, Lilli Pilli | Government | Primary | 0.5 km | 323 | 1,113 |
| Caringbah Public School, Caringbah | Government | Primary | 1.5 km | 394 | 1,088 |
| Our Lady of Mercy Catholic College Burraneer, Cronulla | Catholic | Secondary | 1.8 km | 421 | 1,086 |
| Burraneer Bay Public School, Cronulla | Government | Primary | 2.0 km | 573 | 1,101 |
| St Aloysius College Cronulla, Cronulla | Catholic | Secondary | 2.2 km | 482 | 1,089 |
| St Francis de Sales Catholic Primary School, Woolooware | Catholic | Primary | 2.4 km | 175 | 1,124 |
| Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Primary School, Caringbah | Catholic | Primary | 2.4 km | 599 | 1,110 |
| De La Salle Catholic College, Caringbah, Caringbah | Catholic | Secondary | 2.4 km | 536 | 1,078 |
| Laguna Street Public School, Caringbah | Government | Primary | 2.5 km | 440 | 1,084 |
| Cronulla Public School, Cronulla | Government | Primary | 2.6 km | 516 | 1,064 |
| Cronulla South Public School, Cronulla | Government | Primary | 2.8 km | 261 | 1,093 |
| St Aloysius Catholic Primary School, Cronulla | Catholic | Primary | 2.9 km | 178 | 1,123 |
| Yowie Bay Public School, Yowie Bay | Government | Primary | 3.0 km | 329 | 1,093 |
| Woolooware Public School, Cronulla | Government | Primary | 3.1 km | 462 | 1,086 |
| Sutherland Hospital School, Caringbah | Government | Combined | 3.3 km | — | — |
| Bundeena Public School, Bundeena | Government | Primary | 3.4 km | 174 | 1,067 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Port Hacking [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13256/port-hacking/topic/education