66.1% ▲ +20.7%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 54.7%
- 2016: 40.5%
- 2021: 66.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Skinners Shoot · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Skinners Shoot
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Higher education levels than most similar areas define Skinners Shoot. Nearly half of all adults hold a university degree, and the community is notably well-educated, with 66.1% of residents completing Year 12.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is well above the national and state figures, with 66.1% of people finishing their final school year. This is much higher than most other areas.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Skinners Shoot, Year 12 is the majority at 80%; Year 10 is next at 16%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
A striking 46.5% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher, which is far above the Australian average. This puts the area among the highest in the country for university qualifications.
46.5% ▲ +105.6%
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.6%
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 46.5%
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 Skinners Shoot, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 49%, followed by Certificate III / IV (17%) and Postgraduate degree (14%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across several fields, with education and creative arts both accounting for 12.2% of degrees. Architecture, management, and social culture each make up 11.1%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has five schools within 3km, which is more than 75% of similar places. These schools have a much higher average advantage score and are larger than most other schools.
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).
417
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,072
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Skinners Shoot
5 schools — 2,083 students, average ICSEA 1,072.
By sector: Independent 2 · Government 2 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 3 · Combined 1 · Secondary 1
| Cape Byron Rudolf Steiner School, Byron Bay | Independent | Combined | 2.3 km | 382 | 1,097 |
| St Finbarr's Primary School, Byron Bay | Catholic | Primary | 2.6 km | 325 | 1,096 |
| Byron Bay Public School, Byron Bay | Government | Primary | 2.7 km | 461 | 1,067 |
| Byron Bay High School, Byron Bay | Government | Secondary | 2.7 km | 820 | 1,050 |
| Byron Community Primary School, Byron Bay | Independent | Primary | 2.7 km | 95 | 1,094 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Skinners Shoot [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13571/skinners-shoot/topic/education