59.9% ▲ +24.6%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 48.1%
- 2016: 51.3%
- 2021: 59.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Ramsgate Beach · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Ramsgate Beach
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Twenty-one schools are located within 3km of Ramsgate Beach, which is more than 90% of similar areas. This is a well-educated community where nearly 60% of residents have finished Year 12, a figure that is much higher than most areas. High levels of schooling are matched by a strong presence of university degrees and diplomas.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 59.9% of residents completed Year 12, which is much higher than most areas and slightly above the state and national figures.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Ramsgate Beach, Year 12 is the majority at 64%; Year 10 is next at 21%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Bachelor degrees or higher are held by 23.9% of adults, a rate much higher than most areas, though this is still a little below the national figure of 26.3%.
23.9% ▲ +39.4%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.1%
- 2016: 17.9%
- 2021: 23.9%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Ramsgate Beach splits fairly evenly between Bachelor degree (33%) and Certificate III / IV (29%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 19%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are management and commerce at 23.5%, followed by engineering and related fields at 13.0% and society and culture at 12.5%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Local schools have an advantage score of 1,064, which is much higher than most areas. Most of the schools are government-run (76.2%), with the typical school being larger than those in most similar areas.
3.68
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
21
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).
477
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,064
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Ramsgate Beach
21 schools — 9,542 students, average ICSEA 1,064.
By sector: Government 16 · Catholic 5
By type: Primary 12 · Secondary 6 · Combined 3
| Ramsgate Public School, Ramsgate | Government | Primary | 0.2 km | 447 | 1,039 |
| St George School, Kogarah | Government | Combined | 1.7 km | 64 | 1,055 |
| Moorefield Girls High School, Kogarah | Government | Secondary | 1.8 km | 372 | 1,025 |
| St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Kogarah | Catholic | Primary | 1.9 km | 416 | 1,117 |
| St Finbar's Catholic Primary School Sans Souci, Sans Souci | Catholic | Primary | 1.9 km | 218 | 1,091 |
| Carlton South Public School, Carlton | Government | Primary | 2.0 km | 514 | 1,064 |
| James Cook Boys High School, Kogarah | Government | Secondary | 2.0 km | 473 | 1,022 |
| Sans Souci Public School, Sans Souci | Government | Primary | 2.1 km | 523 | 1,060 |
| St George Hospital School, Kogarah | Government | Combined | 2.1 km | — | — |
| Brighton-Le-Sands Public School, Brighton-Le-Sands | Government | Primary | 2.3 km | 433 | 1,064 |
| Kogarah Public School, Kogarah | Government | Primary | 2.5 km | 456 | 1,087 |
| Kogarah High School, Kogarah | Government | Secondary | 2.6 km | 787 | 993 |
| St Thomas More's Catholic Primary School Brighton Le Sands, Brighton-Le-Sands | Catholic | Primary | 2.7 km | 198 | 1,090 |
| St George Girls High School, Kogarah | Government | Secondary | 2.8 km | 908 | 1,148 |
| Blakehurst Public School, Blakehurst | Government | Primary | 2.8 km | 256 | 1,049 |
| Marist College Kogarah, Bexley | Catholic | Secondary | 3.0 km | 1,045 | 1,076 |
| Blakehurst High School, Blakehurst | Government | Secondary | 3.1 km | 1,013 | 1,043 |
| Carlton Public School, Bexley | Government | Primary | 3.1 km | 599 | 1,041 |
| Cairnsfoot School, Brighton-Le-Sands | Government | Combined | 3.2 km | 99 | 1,036 |
| Mater Dei Catholic Primary School, Blakehurst | Catholic | Primary | 3.2 km | 400 | 1,103 |
| Rockdale Public School, Rockdale | Government | Primary | 3.4 km | 321 | 1,053 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Ramsgate Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13323/ramsgate-beach/topic/education