35.8% ▲ +27.0%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 29.6%
- 2021: 35.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Surfside · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Surfside
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Much lower school and university completion rates than most similar areas mark the educational profile of Surfside. Only 35.8% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Completion of Year 12 is far below New South Wales and Australia, with only 35.8% of people reaching this milestone. Another 35.1% of residents listed Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →Surfside splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (39%) and Year 10 (38%), with Year 9 or below at 15%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Just 9.8% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the national figure. The most common qualification here is a Certificate III or IV, held by 41.4% of residents.
9.8% ▲ +21.9%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 9.8%
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 Surfside, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 55%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 20%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Those with qualifications most commonly studied management and commerce (14.4%), followed by society and culture (13.5%) and engineering (13.1%).
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The two government schools within 3 km are larger than those in most similar areas. These schools have an average advantage score of 899, which is much lower than most other areas.
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).
514
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
899
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Surfside
2 schools — 1,028 students, average ICSEA 899.
By sector: Government 2
By type: Primary 1 · Secondary 1
| Batemans Bay Public School, Surfside | Government | Primary | 1.1 km | 494 | 896 |
| Batemans Bay High School, Batehaven | Government | Secondary | 3.8 km | 534 | 902 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Surfside [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13713/surfside/topic/education