56.0% ▲ +49.6%
Higher than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 37.5%
- 2016: 26.4%
- 2021: 56.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Gerringong · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Gerringong
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A high level of academic achievement marks Gerringong, where the proportion of adults with university degrees is among the highest for similar areas. This shift is most evident in the last decade, with the share of residents holding a bachelor degree or higher climbing by 19 percentage points since 2011.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
More than half of residents have finished Year 12, a figure that has risen 19 points since 2011. While this is much higher than in most similar areas, it remains a little below the state and national figures.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Gerringong, Year 12 is the majority at 59%; Year 10 is next at 27%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
About 30.3% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is well above the Australian average. The most common qualifications are bachelor degrees at 28.0% and Certificate III or IV at 24.9%.
30.3% ▲ +170.4%
Higher than 96% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 30.3%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Gerringong splits fairly evenly between Bachelor degree (33%) and Certificate III / IV (29%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 18%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common areas of study are management and commerce at 17.6%, followed by education at 14.0%. Other frequent fields include engineering, health, and society and culture.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Gerringong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115064/gerringong/topic/education