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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).
Thornton Beach · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Thornton Beach
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
No new educational facilities have emerged in Thornton Beach since 2011. This sparsely populated area lacks any local schools, meaning residents must travel outside the community for all levels of schooling.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
The most common highest year of school is Year 12 at 267%, ahead of Year 11 (0%).
Highest year of school
View on map →In Thornton Beach, Year 12 is the majority at 100%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The most common highest qualification level is Bachelor degree at 57%, ahead of Postgraduate degree (0%).
Highest qualification level
View on map →In Thornton Beach, Bachelor degree is the majority at 100%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Natural & physical sciences at 0%, ahead of Information technology (0%).
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are currently zero schools within 3 km of the area, a figure that is smaller than about 59% of similar places.
Sources
- Australian Schools List — Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), 2025 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Thornton Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32817/thornton-beach/topic/education