85.7% ▲ +10.7%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 77.4%
- 2016: 82.0%
- 2021: 85.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Turramurra · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Turramurra
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far more adults in Turramurra hold university degrees than the national average, with over half the population reaching this level. This is a highly educated area where schooling levels and professional qualifications sit among the highest in the country.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Schooling levels are far above the national figure, with 85.7% of residents completing Year 12. This is 27 points higher than the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Turramurra, Year 12 is the majority at 88%; Year 10 is next at 7%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
A bachelor degree or higher is held by 53.9% of adults, which is far above the 26.3% seen across Australia. Most of these high-level qualifications are bachelor degrees at 43.6% or postgraduate degrees at 23.2%.
53.9% ▲ +26.0%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 42.8%
- 2016: 48.4%
- 2021: 53.9%
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 Turramurra, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 47%, followed by Postgraduate degree (25%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (14%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are management and commerce at 30.1%, followed by society and culture at 14.2% and health at 10.7%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Turramurra has 42 schools within 3km, one of the largest counts for any similar area. While the average school size of 617 is much higher than most areas, the average school advantage score is among the highest.
0.41
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
42
Higher than 90% 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).
617
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,157
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Turramurra
42 schools — 25,918 students, average ICSEA 1,157.
By sector: Government 21 · Independent 15 · Catholic 6
By type: Primary 23 · Combined 12 · Secondary 7
| Northside Montessori School, Pymble | Independent | Combined | 0.8 km | 159 | 1,147 |
| Warrawee Public School, Turramurra | Government | Primary | 0.8 km | 622 | 1,170 |
| Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Pymble | Catholic | Primary | 1.1 km | 229 | 1,165 |
| Pymble Public School, Pymble | Government | Primary | 1.3 km | 519 | 1,176 |
| Knox Grammar School, Wahroonga | Independent | Combined | 1.5 km | 3,345 | 1,187 |
| Pymble Ladies' College, Pymble | Independent | Combined | 1.5 km | 2,501 | 1,178 |
| Turramurra Public School, Turramurra | Government | Primary | 1.7 km | 531 | 1,181 |
| St Lucy's School, Wahroonga | Independent | Combined | 2.1 km | 246 | 1,104 |
| Wahroonga Public School, Wahroonga | Government | Primary | 2.1 km | 508 | 1,156 |
| Prouille Catholic Primary School, Wahroonga | Catholic | Primary | 2.2 km | 262 | 1,156 |
| Abbotsleigh, Wahroonga | Independent | Combined | 2.3 km | 1,634 | 1,217 |
| St Edmund's College, Wahroonga | Independent | Combined | 2.3 km | 112 | 1,107 |
| Wahroonga Adventist School, Wahroonga | Independent | Combined | 2.6 km | 633 | 1,161 |
| Turramurra High School, South Turramurra | Government | Secondary | 2.8 km | 987 | 1,118 |
| Normanhurst Boys High School, Normanhurst | Government | Secondary | 2.9 km | 752 | 1,207 |
| Turramurra North Public School, North Turramurra | Government | Primary | 2.9 km | 196 | 1,170 |
| Loreto Normanhurst, Normanhurst | Independent | Combined | 2.9 km | 1,240 | 1,164 |
| Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Catholic Primary School, West Pymble | Catholic | Primary | 2.9 km | 104 | 1,174 |
| Gordon East Public School, Gordon | Government | Primary | 3.0 km | 195 | 1,163 |
| Normanhurst Public School, Normanhurst | Government | Primary | 3.0 km | 372 | 1,139 |
| Gordon West Public School, Pymble | Government | Primary | 3.0 km | 424 | 1,150 |
| St Leo's Catholic College, Wahroonga | Catholic | Secondary | 3.1 km | 1,055 | 1,113 |
| Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Primary School, Waitara | Catholic | Primary | 3.2 km | 337 | 1,153 |
| West Pymble Public School, West Pymble | Government | Primary | 3.3 km | 250 | 1,173 |
| Waitara Public School, Wahroonga | Government | Primary | 3.3 km | 972 | 1,148 |
| Marri Mittigar School, Hornsby | Independent | Combined | 3.5 km | 28 | 984 |
| Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School, St Ives | Catholic | Primary | 3.6 km | 221 | 1,141 |
| St Ives Public School, St Ives | Government | Primary | 3.6 km | 465 | 1,155 |
| Masada College, St Ives | Independent | Combined | 3.7 km | 368 | 1,162 |
| St Ives High School, St Ives | Government | Secondary | 3.7 km | 1,756 | 1,125 |
| St Ives North Public School, St Ives | Government | Primary | 3.8 km | 846 | 1,164 |
| Hornsby South Public School, Hornsby | Government | Primary | 3.8 km | 534 | 1,110 |
| Epping North Public School, North Epping | Government | Primary | 3.9 km | 382 | 1,174 |
| Macquarie University Special Education Centre, Macquarie University | Independent | Primary | 4.2 km | 47 | 1,074 |
| Brigidine College St Ives, St Ives | Independent | Secondary | 4.4 km | 793 | 1,148 |
| NextSense School - Spoken Language Program, Macquarie Park | Independent | Primary | 4.4 km | 22 | 977 |
| NextSense School - Sign Bilingual Program, Macquarie Park | Independent | Primary | 4.4 km | 17 | 1,001 |
| NextSense School, Macquarie Park | Independent | Combined | 4.5 km | 7 | 1,017 |
| Epping Boys High School, Eastwood | Government | Secondary | 4.7 km | 1,493 | 1,117 |
| St Ives Park Public School, St Ives | Government | Primary | 4.9 km | 143 | 1,113 |
| Sir Eric Woodward Memorial School, St Ives | Government | Combined | 5.1 km | 75 | 983 |
| Ku-ring-gai High School, North Turramurra | Government | Secondary | 5.4 km | 536 | 1,088 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Turramurra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13998/turramurra/topic/education