47.4% ▲ +25.9%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.7%
- 2016: 42.5%
- 2021: 47.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Warners Bay · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Warners Bay
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Thirty-three schools within 3km make Warners Bay an area with an unusually high number of educational facilities. While many residents hold trade certificates or degrees, the proportion of people who finished Year 12 is far below the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 47.4% of people finished Year 12, which is far below the 58.8% seen across Australia. About 30.3% of the population listed Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Warners Bay, the largest group is Year 12 at 50%, followed by Year 10 (32%) and Year 9 or below (12%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
A typical resident is more likely to hold a Certificate III or IV than any other qualification. While 22.1% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher, this is well below the New South Wales figure of 27.8%.
22.1% ▲ +47.1%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.0%
- 2016: 17.9%
- 2021: 22.1%
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 Warners Bay, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 37%, followed by Bachelor degree (28%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (20%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study in the area are management and commerce at 19.9%, followed by engineering and health.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Local schools have an advantage score of 1,015, which is higher than most similar areas. Most of the schools are government-run primary schools, with an average size of 331 students.
3.03
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
33
Higher than 89% 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).
331
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,015
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Warners Bay
33 schools — 10,929 students, average ICSEA 1,015.
By sector: Government 27 · Catholic 6
By type: Primary 25 · Secondary 6 · Combined 2
| Warners Bay High School, Warners Bay | Government | Secondary | 0.5 km | 1,161 | 1,056 |
| St Mary's Primary School, Warners Bay | Catholic | Primary | 0.6 km | 418 | 1,093 |
| Biddabah Public School, Warners Bay | Government | Primary | 1.0 km | 348 | 1,065 |
| Warners Bay Public School, Warners Bay | Government | Primary | 1.0 km | 340 | 1,027 |
| Mount Hutton Public School, Mount Hutton | Government | Primary | 1.8 km | 166 | 940 |
| Eleebana Public School, Eleebana | Government | Primary | 2.3 km | 506 | 1,105 |
| Cardiff South Public School, Cardiff South | Government | Primary | 2.3 km | 298 | 1,017 |
| Cardiff High School, Cardiff | Government | Secondary | 2.9 km | 778 | 986 |
| Cardiff Public School, Cardiff | Government | Primary | 2.9 km | 283 | 1,000 |
| Hillsborough Public School, Charlestown | Government | Primary | 3.0 km | 164 | 1,020 |
| Speers Point Public School, Speers Point | Government | Primary | 3.0 km | 256 | 1,000 |
| Lakeside School, Gateshead | Government | Combined | 3.1 km | 58 | 910 |
| Newcastle Junior School, Hillsborough | Government | Primary | 3.1 km | 63 | 940 |
| Boolaroo Public School, Boolaroo | Government | Primary | 3.4 km | 99 | 981 |
| St Kevin's Primary School, Cardiff | Catholic | Primary | 3.4 km | 130 | 1,071 |
| Lake Macquarie High School, Booragul | Government | Secondary | 3.5 km | 435 | 925 |
| Windale Public School, Windale | Government | Primary | 3.5 km | 252 | 793 |
| Charlestown South Public School, Charlestown | Government | Primary | 3.5 km | 235 | 1,075 |
| Booragul Public School, Booragul | Government | Primary | 3.7 km | 206 | 931 |
| Five Islands School, Booragul | Government | Combined | 3.7 km | 51 | 890 |
| Garden Suburb Public School, Garden Suburb | Government | Primary | 3.9 km | 227 | 1,045 |
| St Pius X Primary School, Windale | Catholic | Primary | 3.9 km | 54 | 847 |
| Cardiff North Public School, Cardiff | Government | Primary | 4.0 km | 149 | 1,014 |
| Hunter Sports High School, Gateshead | Government | Secondary | 4.0 km | 941 | 955 |
| Wiripaang Public School, Gateshead | Government | Primary | 4.0 km | 182 | 853 |
| St Mary's Catholic College, Gateshead | Catholic | Secondary | 4.1 km | 989 | 1,062 |
| St Paul's Primary School, Gateshead | Catholic | Primary | 4.1 km | 294 | 1,023 |
| St Paul's Catholic College, Booragul | Catholic | Secondary | 4.1 km | 636 | 1,026 |
| Argenton Public School, Argenton | Government | Primary | 4.1 km | 46 | 934 |
| Teralba Public School, Teralba | Government | Primary | 4.3 km | 111 | 959 |
| Valentine Public School, Valentine | Government | Primary | 4.3 km | 510 | 1,071 |
| Charlestown Public School, Charlestown | Government | Primary | 4.4 km | 234 | 1,037 |
| Kotara South Public School, Kotara | Government | Primary | 4.9 km | 309 | 1,069 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Warners Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14171/warners-bay/topic/education