47.3% ▲ +22.1%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.7%
- 2016: 42.3%
- 2021: 47.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Valla Beach · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Valla Beach
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Education levels in Valla Beach have shifted over the last decade, with a notable rise in high-level qualifications. While fewer people finished high school compared to the state average, nearly a quarter of adults now hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 47.3% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales and national figures of around 59%. About 28% of people stopped their schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Valla Beach, Year 12 is the majority at 51%; Year 10 is next at 31%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
A bachelor's degree or higher is held by 24.7% of adults, which is much higher than most similar areas, though still a little below the Australian average of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV at 27.2%.
24.7% ▲ +57.5%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.7%
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 24.7%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Valla Beach splits fairly evenly between Certificate III / IV (33%) and Bachelor degree (31%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 18%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across several fields, with management and commerce leading at 15.0%, followed closely by society and culture at 14.7% and education at 14.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools located within 3 km of the area, making it smaller than about 59% of similar places.
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Lower than 99% 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).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Valla Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14086/valla-beach/topic/education