30.5% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.4%
- 2021: 30.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Shellharbour City Centre · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Shellharbour City Centre
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Shellharbour City Centre finished high school compared to most other areas, with only 30.5% completing Year 12. This creates a local profile where many adults have not completed secondary education, which is far below the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 30.5% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales average of 58.9%. About 21% of people finished Year 9 or below, and 26.7% stopped at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →Shellharbour City Centre splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (37%) and Year 10 (32%), with Year 9 or below at 25%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 14% of the population, a figure far below the Australian average of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 26.1% of residents.
14.0% ▲ —
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 14.0%
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 Shellharbour City Centre, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 44%, followed by Bachelor degree (26%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are management and commerce at 15.9%, followed closely by engineering and related fields at 15.5%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are 18 schools within 3 km, which is more than 88% of similar areas. These schools are typically larger than most, with an average size of 454 students and a strong government sector presence at 77.8%.
18
Higher than 86% 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).
454
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
987
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Shellharbour City Centre
18 schools — 8,166 students, average ICSEA 987.
By sector: Government 14 · Catholic 3 · Independent 1
By type: Primary 12 · Secondary 4 · Combined 2
| Nazareth Catholic Primary School, Shellharbour City | Catholic | Primary | 0.4 km | 413 | 1,052 |
| Oak Flats High School, Oak Flats | Government | Secondary | 0.6 km | 648 | 932 |
| Balarang Public School, Oak Flats | Government | Primary | 0.7 km | 268 | 974 |
| Barrack Heights Public School, Barrack Heights | Government | Primary | 1.2 km | 192 | 873 |
| Mount Warrigal Public School, Warilla | Government | Primary | 1.5 km | 185 | 885 |
| Oak Flats Public School, Oak Flats | Government | Primary | 1.7 km | 416 | 959 |
| Corpus Christi Catholic High School, Oak Flats | Catholic | Secondary | 1.8 km | 1,126 | 1,045 |
| Warilla Public School, Warilla | Government | Primary | 1.9 km | 279 | 937 |
| Peterborough School, Warilla | Government | Combined | 2.0 km | 115 | 938 |
| Warilla High School, Barrack Heights | Government | Secondary | 2.1 km | 1,020 | 968 |
| Flinders Public School, Flinders | Government | Primary | 2.4 km | 518 | 1,004 |
| Warilla North Public School, Warilla | Government | Primary | 2.6 km | 167 | 872 |
| Lake Illawarra High School, Lake Illawarra | Government | Secondary | 2.9 km | 542 | 894 |
| Shellharbour Public School, Shellharbour | Government | Primary | 3.2 km | 368 | 999 |
| Albion Park Rail Public School, Albion Park | Government | Primary | 3.4 km | 346 | 894 |
| Shellharbour Anglican College, Dunmore | Independent | Combined | 3.4 km | 981 | 1,099 |
| Lake Illawarra South Public School, Lake Illawarra | Government | Primary | 3.6 km | 177 | 954 |
| Stella Maris Catholic Primary School, Shellharbour | Catholic | Primary | 3.6 km | 405 | 1,050 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Shellharbour City Centre [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13549/shellharbour-city-centre/topic/education