48.3% ▲ +31.2%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.8%
- 2016: 43.9%
- 2021: 48.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Scotts Head · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Scotts Head
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A mix of trade certificates and university degrees shapes daily life in Scotts Head, where roughly 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. While higher education is common compared to similar areas, the community's overall school completion rate is notably lower than the state and national figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Less than half of residents have finished Year 12, at 48.3%. This is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Scotts Head, Year 12 is the majority at 51%; Year 10 is next at 33%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
About 35% of adults hold a Certificate III or IV, the most common qualification here. While a bachelor degree or higher is held by 23.1% of adults, this is well below the Australian average of 26.3%.
23.1% ▲ +41.1%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.4%
- 2016: 18.8%
- 2021: 23.1%
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 Scotts Head, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 42%, followed by Bachelor degree (29%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (16%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common areas of study for those with qualifications are management and commerce at 15.9%, followed by education at 14.7% and engineering at 12.1%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Local families have good access to schooling with five schools within 3 km, which is more than 75% of similar areas. Most of these are government schools, though the average school advantage score is lower than most areas.
6.06
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
5
Higher than 73% 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).
263
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
962
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Scotts Head
5 schools — 1,315 students, average ICSEA 962.
By sector: Government 4 · Independent 1
By type: Primary 3 · Secondary 1 · Combined 1
| Scotts Head Public School, Scotts Head | Government | Primary | 5.4 km | 73 | 1,014 |
| Frank Partridge VC Public School, Nambucca Heads | Government | Primary | 6.7 km | 217 | 886 |
| Nambucca Heads Public School, Nambucca Heads | Government | Primary | 6.8 km | 156 | 904 |
| Nambucca Heads High School, Nambucca Heads | Government | Secondary | 6.9 km | 314 | 890 |
| Nambucca Valley Christian Community School, Nambucca Heads | Independent | Combined | 7.0 km | 555 | 1,042 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Scotts Head [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13523/scotts-head/topic/education