39.1% ▲ +22.2%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.0%
- 2016: 35.0%
- 2021: 39.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Sunshine Bay · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Sunshine Bay
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people have finished high school in Sunshine Bay compared to the rest of the country. Only 39.1% of residents completed Year 12, which is 20 percentage points lower than the national figure. This trend carries through to higher education, where the area also sits well below state and national levels for university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 39.1% of people here finished Year 12, a result far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. Another 33% of residents stopped their schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Sunshine Bay, the largest group is Year 12 at 42%, followed by Year 10 (35%) and Year 9 or below (15%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Just 13.6% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 36.4% of residents.
13.6% ▲ +28.1%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 13.6%
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 Sunshine Bay, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 47%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (21%) and Bachelor degree (19%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for those with qualifications are management and commerce at 19.3%, followed by engineering and related fields at 13.6%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are more schools per 1,000 children here than in most similar areas, with three schools within 3 km. However, these schools have a much lower average advantage score than most other areas.
5.18
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
3
Higher than 67% 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).
377
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
934
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Sunshine Bay
3 schools — 1,131 students, average ICSEA 934.
By sector: Government 2 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 2 · Secondary 1
| Sunshine Bay Public School, Batehaven | Government | Primary | 0.6 km | 203 | 903 |
| St Bernard's Primary School, Batemans Bay, Batehaven | Catholic | Primary | 0.8 km | 394 | 993 |
| Batemans Bay High School, Batehaven | Government | Secondary | 2.3 km | 534 | 902 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Sunshine Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13710/sunshine-bay/topic/education