68.3% ▲ +23.8%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 55.2%
- 2016: 60.3%
- 2021: 68.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Suffolk Park · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Suffolk Park
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Well over a third of adults in Suffolk Park hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is much higher than most similar areas. This high level of education is reflected in a population where school completion rates are far above the national average.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 68.3% of residents completed Year 12, a figure that is well above both the New South Wales and Australian averages by more than 9 percentage points.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Suffolk Park, Year 12 is the majority at 74%; Year 10 is next at 17%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The typical resident is highly qualified, with 34.3% holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is well above the national figure of 26.3%.
34.3% ▲ +53.6%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.3%
- 2016: 28.8%
- 2021: 34.3%
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 Suffolk Park, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 42%, followed by Certificate III / IV (24%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (17%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification are management and commerce at 17.1%, followed by society and culture at 14.1%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Local schools are generally larger than those in most areas and have an average advantage score that is much higher than most areas. There are four schools within 3km, split evenly between government, Catholic, and independent providers.
4
Higher than 71% 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).
425
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,066
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Suffolk Park
4 schools — 1,701 students, average ICSEA 1,066.
By sector: Government 2 · Catholic 1 · Independent 1
By type: Primary 3 · Secondary 1
| Byron Bay High School, Byron Bay | Government | Secondary | 2.2 km | 820 | 1,050 |
| St Finbarr's Primary School, Byron Bay | Catholic | Primary | 2.4 km | 325 | 1,096 |
| Byron Community Primary School, Byron Bay | Independent | Primary | 4.3 km | 95 | 1,094 |
| Byron Bay Public School, Byron Bay | Government | Primary | 4.4 km | 461 | 1,067 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Suffolk Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13699/suffolk-park/topic/education