83.5% ▲ +8.5%
Higher than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 76.9%
- 2016: 80.1%
- 2021: 83.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Willoughby · Council (LGA)
Education & Qualifications in Willoughby
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 27 percentage points separates Willoughby from the national figure for higher education, with over half of adults holding a degree. This is a highly qualified area where school completion and university degrees are far more common than in most of Australia.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far above the New South Wales figure, reaching 83.5% and rising 6.5 points since 2011. This is among the highest levels of school completion across similar areas.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Willoughby, Year 12 is the majority at 87%; Year 10 is next at 6%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The typical resident is very well qualified, as 53.1% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. This figure is far above the national average and has climbed 9.3 points over the last decade.
53.1% ▲ +21.2%
Higher than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 43.8%
- 2016: 47.8%
- 2021: 53.1%
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 Willoughby, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 49%, followed by Postgraduate degree (25%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (14%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are management and commerce at 31.9%, followed by society and culture at 14.1% and engineering at 9.1%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Willoughby has 18 schools with a total of 11,103 enrolments, which is larger than about 80% of similar areas. While school sizes and advantage scores are among the highest, the number of schools per 1,000 children is among the lowest.
18
Higher than 71% of council (lga) areas.
Number of schools in the area.
1.26
Lower than 97% of council (lga) areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
11,103
Higher than 78% of council (lga) areas.
Total students enrolled across the area's schools.
653
Higher than 94% of council (lga) areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,146
Higher than 98% of council (lga) areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Willoughby
18 schools — 11,103 students, average ICSEA 1,146.
By sector: Government 11 · Catholic 4 · Independent 3
By type: Primary 10 · Secondary 5 · Combined 3
| Chatswood High School, Chatswood | Government | Secondary | — | 2,147 | 1,137 |
| St Pius X College, Chatswood | Independent | Combined | — | 1,183 | 1,144 |
| Chatswood Public School, Chatswood | Government | Primary | — | 1,083 | 1,143 |
| Artarmon Public School, Artarmon | Government | Primary | — | 1,063 | 1,167 |
| Willoughby Girls High School, Willoughby | Government | Secondary | — | 1,036 | 1,152 |
| Willoughby Public School, Willoughby | Government | Primary | — | 905 | 1,143 |
| Mercy Catholic College, Chatswood | Catholic | Secondary | — | 728 | 1,134 |
| Mowbray Public School, Lane Cove | Government | Primary | — | 714 | 1,143 |
| Glenaeon Rudolf Steiner School, Middle Cove | Independent | Combined | — | 405 | 1,148 |
| Northbridge Public School, Northbridge | Government | Primary | — | 364 | 1,181 |
| Our Lady of Dolours Catholic Primary School, Chatswood | Catholic | Primary | — | 355 | 1,144 |
| Bradfield College, St Leonards | Government | Secondary | — | 322 | 1,108 |
| St Thomas' Catholic Primary School, Willoughby | Catholic | Primary | — | 277 | 1,161 |
| Castle Cove Public School, Castle Cove | Government | Primary | — | 273 | 1,167 |
| International Chinese School, St Leonards | Independent | Primary | — | 116 | 1,172 |
| St Philip Neri Catholic Primary School, Northbridge | Catholic | Primary | — | 102 | 1,170 |
| Naremburn School, Naremburn | Government | Secondary | — | 30 | 1,075 |
| Royal North Shore Hospital School, St Leonards | Government | Combined | — | — | — |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Willoughby [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA18250/willoughby/topic/education