39.8% —
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 39.4%
- 2021: 39.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Jervis Bay · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Jervis Bay
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A small number of higher qualifications shapes daily life in Jervis Bay, where only 14.2% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the national figure, reflecting a community with a much lower rate of formal schooling than most Australian areas.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Fewer people here finished high school compared to other regions, with only 39.8% completing Year 12. This is a little below the state average and far below the national figure of 58.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Jervis Bay, Year 12 is the majority at 56%; Year 9 or below is next at 23%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a university degree make up 14.2% of the population, which is around the middle for similar areas. The most common qualifications are Certificate III or IV, held by 16.6% of residents.
14.2% —
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.2%
- 2021: 14.2%
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 Jervis Bay, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 38%, followed by Bachelor degree (30%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (13%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for those with qualifications are society and culture at 11.2%, followed by management and commerce at 7.5% and health at 7.0%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Jervis Bay has a much higher number of schools per 1,000 children than most areas, though the average school size is smaller. All schools here are government-run primary schools.
18.87
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
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).
158
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
925
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Jervis Bay
2 schools — 315 students, average ICSEA 925.
By sector: Government 2
By type: Primary 2
| Jervis Bay School, Jervis Bay | Government | Primary | 3.5 km | 60 | 794 |
| Sussex Inlet Public School, Sussex Inlet | Government | Primary | 9.0 km | 255 | 956 |
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Jervis Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL90003/jervis-bay/topic/education