37.8% ▲ +24.4%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.3%
- 2016: 33.2%
- 2021: 37.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Shoalhaven Heads · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Shoalhaven Heads
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Education levels in Shoalhaven Heads have remained relatively stable, but the area shows a significant gap in school completion compared to the rest of the country. Only 37.8% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion is much lower than most areas, with only 37.8% of people finishing Year 12. This is 21 percentage points lower than both the New South Wales and Australian averages.
Highest year of school
View on map →Shoalhaven Heads splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (41%) and Year 10 (37%), with Year 9 or below at 15%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 16.4% of the population, which is well below the national figure of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 35.7% of residents.
16.4% ▲ +62.5%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 16.4%
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 Shoalhaven Heads, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 45%, followed by Bachelor degree (24%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (19%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across several fields, with Engineering and related studies being the most common at 16.3%, followed by Management and Commerce at 14.8%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The local area is served by a single government primary school. While this school has a higher advantage score than most, the number of schools per 1,000 children is lower than in similar areas.
2.11
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
1
Lower than 57% 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).
180
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,021
Higher 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 Shoalhaven Heads
1 school — 180 students, average ICSEA 1,021.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Shoalhaven Heads Public School, Shoalhaven Heads | Government | Primary | 0.3 km | 180 | 1,021 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Shoalhaven Heads [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13555/shoalhaven-heads/topic/education