84.2% ▲ +12.5%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 74.9%
- 2016: 76.5%
- 2021: 84.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Queenscliff · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Queenscliff
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
High levels of schooling and university degrees define daily life in Queenscliff, where more than half of all adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. This is far above the national figure, creating a community where a huge majority of residents have completed Year 12.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
A far higher proportion of people here finished Year 12 compared to the rest of Australia, with 84.2% of residents reaching this level.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Queenscliff, Year 12 is the majority at 87%; Year 10 is next at 8%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Academic achievement is very high in the area, with 52.2% of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 27.8%.
52.2% ▲ +31.6%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 39.7%
- 2016: 44.5%
- 2021: 52.2%
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 Queenscliff, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 50%, followed by Postgraduate degree (18%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (15%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are management and commerce at 29.8%, followed by society and culture at 14.7%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area is well served by 23 schools within 3 km, which is more than 91% of similar areas, with government schools making up 60.9% of the sector.
23
Higher than 87% 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).
632
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,139
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Queenscliff
23 schools — 13,276 students, average ICSEA 1,139.
By sector: Government 14 · Catholic 6 · Independent 3
By type: Primary 12 · Secondary 7 · Combined 4
| Stella Maris College, Manly | Independent | Secondary | 0.4 km | 1,006 | 1,135 |
| St John the Baptist Catholic Primary School, Freshwater | Catholic | Primary | 0.9 km | 163 | 1,134 |
| Harbord Public School, Freshwater | Government | Primary | 1.1 km | 881 | 1,137 |
| Stewart House School, Curl Curl | Government | Combined | 1.2 km | — | — |
| Northern Beaches Secondary College Mackellar Girls Campus, Manly Vale | Government | Secondary | 1.2 km | 1,023 | 1,115 |
| St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Manly | Catholic | Primary | 1.4 km | 330 | 1,159 |
| St Kieran's Catholic Primary School, Manly Vale | Catholic | Primary | 1.7 km | 141 | 1,122 |
| Northern Beaches Secondary College Freshwater Senior Campus, Freshwater | Government | Secondary | 1.7 km | 647 | 1,098 |
| Royal Far West School, Manly | Government | Combined | 1.8 km | — | — |
| Manly West Public School, Balgowlah | Government | Primary | 1.8 km | 761 | 1,147 |
| Manly Village Public School, Manly | Government | Primary | 1.9 km | 532 | 1,151 |
| Curl Curl North Public School, North Curl Curl | Government | Primary | 2.1 km | 699 | 1,116 |
| Northern Beaches Secondary College Manly Campus, North Curl Curl | Government | Secondary | 2.3 km | 766 | 1,217 |
| Manly Vale Public School, Manly Vale | Government | Primary | 2.4 km | 553 | 1,129 |
| The Beach School, Allambie Heights | Government | Secondary | 2.4 km | 35 | 1,039 |
| St Paul's Catholic College, Manly | Catholic | Secondary | 2.6 km | 468 | 1,091 |
| St Luke's Grammar School, Dee Why | Independent | Combined | 2.6 km | 1,481 | 1,178 |
| Brookvale Public School, Brookvale | Government | Primary | 2.7 km | 306 | 1,075 |
| St Augustine's College Sydney, Brookvale | Independent | Combined | 2.8 km | 1,580 | 1,141 |
| St Cecilia's Catholic Primary School, Balgowlah | Catholic | Primary | 2.9 km | 232 | 1,168 |
| St Kevin's Catholic Primary School, Dee Why | Catholic | Primary | 3.2 km | 178 | 1,085 |
| Northern Beaches Secondary College Balgowlah Boys Campus, Balgowlah | Government | Secondary | 3.2 km | 1,100 | 1,115 |
| Seaforth Public School, Seaforth | Government | Primary | 3.4 km | 394 | 1,165 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Queenscliff [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13309/queenscliff/topic/education