39.9% ▲ +43.8%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.7%
- 2016: 33.9%
- 2021: 39.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Primbee · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Primbee
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Forty-one per cent of adults in Primbee hold a Certificate III or IV, making it the most common qualification in the area. This reflects a local workforce largely focused on trade and vocational skills rather than university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Far fewer people here finished high school compared to the rest of the state, with only 39.9% completing Year 12. This is 19 percentage points below the national figure.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Primbee, the largest group is Year 12 at 42%, followed by Year 10 (34%) and Year 9 or below (17%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 15% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the 26.3% average for Australia. This matches a general trend of lower university qualification levels in the area.
15.0% ▲ +107.1%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 15.0%
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 Primbee, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 49%, followed by Bachelor degree (21%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (17%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are engineering at 19.7% and management and commerce at 18.2%. Other notable areas of study include society and culture, education, and building.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Primbee has a high number of schools within 3km, though the average school advantage score is much lower than most similar areas. Most local schools are government-run primary schools.
3.65
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
13
Higher than 83% 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).
286
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
948
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 Primbee
13 schools — 3,717 students, average ICSEA 948.
By sector: Government 11 · Catholic 2
By type: Primary 10 · Secondary 3
| Primbee Public School, Primbee | Government | Primary | 0.7 km | 88 | 943 |
| Kemblawarra Public School, Port Kembla | Government | Primary | 2.2 km | 153 | 892 |
| Lake Heights Public School, Lake Heights | Government | Primary | 2.5 km | 147 | 941 |
| Warrawong Public School, Warrawong | Government | Primary | 3.0 km | 276 | 891 |
| St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Port Kembla | Catholic | Primary | 3.1 km | 177 | 1,058 |
| Windang Public School, Windang | Government | Primary | 3.1 km | 203 | 988 |
| St Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary School, Warrawong | Catholic | Primary | 3.2 km | 149 | 1,013 |
| Warrawong High School, Warrawong | Government | Secondary | 3.2 km | 591 | 905 |
| Five Islands Secondary College, Port Kembla | Government | Secondary | 3.3 km | 293 | 983 |
| Port Kembla Public School, Port Kembla | Government | Primary | 3.7 km | 278 | 1,014 |
| Berkeley Public School, Berkeley | Government | Primary | 4.0 km | 259 | 926 |
| Illawarra Sports High School, Berkeley | Government | Secondary | 4.2 km | 926 | 937 |
| Lake Illawarra South Public School, Lake Illawarra | Government | Primary | 4.2 km | 177 | 954 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Primbee [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13276/primbee/topic/education