43.2% ▲ +5.2%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 41.1%
- 2016: 42.5%
- 2021: 43.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Rocky Point · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Rocky Point
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Education levels in Rocky Point have remained largely consistent with a workforce that relies more on vocational training than university degrees. Only 10.1% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 43.2% of residents finished Year 12, a figure far below the 58.8% seen across Australia. This is around the middle for similar areas, though about a third of the population finished Year 10 as their highest grade.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Rocky Point, the largest group is Year 12 at 46%, followed by Year 10 (36%) and Year 11 (10%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Vocational certificates are the most common qualification, with 38.5% of people holding a Certificate III or IV. This helps explain why the proportion of people with university degrees is far below the New South Wales average of 27.8%.
10.1% ▲ +74.9%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 10.1%
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 Rocky Point, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 50%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (23%) and Bachelor degree (16%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for those with qualifications are society and culture at 20.8%, followed closely by management and commerce at 20.0%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Four schools are located within 3km, which is more than 73% of similar areas. All of these are government schools, though the average school advantage score is much lower than most areas.
4
Higher than 71% 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).
463
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
939
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Rocky Point
4 schools — 1,851 students, average ICSEA 939.
By sector: Government 4
By type: Primary 2 · Combined 2
| Tacoma Public School, Tacoma | Government | Primary | 1.5 km | 186 | 938 |
| Tuggerawong Public School, Tuggerawong | Government | Primary | 2.2 km | 208 | 953 |
| HopeTown School, Wyong | Government | Combined | 2.4 km | 43 | 797 |
| Wadalba Community School, Wadalba | Government | Combined | 3.2 km | 1,414 | 941 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Rocky Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13403/rocky-point/topic/education