37.6% ▲ +46.7%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.6%
- 2016: 26.9%
- 2021: 37.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Shoal Bay · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Shoal Bay
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A smaller proportion of residents in Shoal Bay have finished high school compared to the rest of the country. Only 37.6% of people here completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This trend extends to higher education, where the share of adults with a university degree is also much lower than the state average.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the New South Wales figure, with only 37.6% of residents finishing their final school year. Roughly 29.4% of the population stopped at Year 10, while 12.8% left school at Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Shoal Bay, the largest group is Year 12 at 44%, followed by Year 10 (34%) and Year 9 or below (15%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are less common here than in the wider state, with 14.5% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 29.6% of residents.
14.5% ▲ +96.2%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 14.5%
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 Shoal Bay, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 43%, followed by Bachelor degree (24%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (21%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are management and commerce at 13.4% and engineering at 13.0%. Society and culture is the next most frequent area of study at 9.8%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are two primary schools within 3km, which is more than about 66% of similar areas. Local schooling is split evenly between the government and Catholic sectors.
4.74
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
2
Higher than 62% 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).
253
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,003
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Shoal Bay
2 schools — 506 students, average ICSEA 1,003.
By sector: Government 1 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 2
| Shoal Bay Public School, Shoal Bay | Government | Primary | 0.6 km | 237 | 962 |
| St Michael's Primary School, Nelson Bay | Catholic | Primary | 3.8 km | 269 | 1,040 |
Sources
More for Shoal Bay
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Shoal Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13554/shoal-bay/topic/education