29.3% ▲ +14.9%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.5%
- 2016: 26.4%
- 2021: 29.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Ashmont · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Ashmont
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A far lower share of people have finished high school in Ashmont compared to the state average. Only 29.3% of residents completed Year 12, which is 30 percentage points below the New South Wales and national figures. This gap extends to higher education, where very few adults hold university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion rates are much lower than most areas. While 29.3% of people finished Year 12, the most common highest year of school reached was Year 10 at 30.7%.
Highest year of school
View on map →Ashmont splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (35%) and Year 12 (34%), with Year 9 or below at 22%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is uncommon here, with only 6.8% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the national figure. Most people hold a Certificate III or IV, making up 40.5% of qualifications.
6.8% ▲ +27.4%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 6.8%
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 Ashmont, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 60%; Bachelor degree is next at 14%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for those with qualifications are society and culture at 12.9%, followed by management and commerce at 12.5% and engineering at 11.2%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are 19 schools within 3km, which is more than about 89% of similar areas, though there are fewer schools per 1,000 children. Most of these are government schools, accounting for 68.4% of the sector.
2.56
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
19
Higher than 86% 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).
310
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
954
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Ashmont
19 schools — 5,587 students, average ICSEA 954.
By sector: Government 13 · Catholic 4 · Independent 2
By type: Primary 10 · Combined 5 · Secondary 4
| Ashmont Public School, Wagga Wagga | Government | Primary | 0.1 km | 300 | 766 |
| Holy Trinity West Wagga, Ashmont | Catholic | Primary | 0.2 km | 242 | 938 |
| Shepherds Park School, Wagga Wagga | Government | Secondary | 1.3 km | 17 | 870 |
| Saint Mary MacKillop Colleges Limited, Wagga Wagga | Independent | Combined | 1.6 km | 198 | 1,078 |
| Henschke Primary School, Wagga Wagga | Catholic | Primary | 1.9 km | 603 | 1,029 |
| Riverina Environmental Education Centre, Wagga Wagga | Government | Combined | 2.1 km | — | — |
| Mount Austin Public School, Mount Austin | Government | Primary | 2.2 km | 228 | 824 |
| Turvey Park Public School, Wagga Wagga | Government | Primary | 2.4 km | 283 | 944 |
| OneSchool Global NSW - Wagga Wagga, Wagga Wagga | Independent | Combined | 2.4 km | 36 | 990 |
| Mount Austin High School, Wagga Wagga | Government | Secondary | 2.8 km | 522 | 822 |
| Red Hill Public School, Wagga Wagga | Government | Primary | 2.8 km | 325 | 831 |
| Kildare Catholic College, Wagga Wagga | Catholic | Secondary | 2.9 km | 972 | 1,028 |
| The Bidgee School, Wagga Wagga | Government | Combined | 3.0 km | 48 | 896 |
| Wagga Wagga High School, Wagga Wagga | Government | Secondary | 3.0 km | 818 | 960 |
| Willans Hill School, Wagga Wagga | Government | Combined | 3.2 km | 71 | 929 |
| South Wagga Public School, Wagga Wagga | Government | Primary | 3.2 km | 266 | 1,027 |
| Wagga Wagga Public School, Wagga Wagga | Government | Primary | 3.6 km | 440 | 1,008 |
| St Joseph's Primary School, Wagga Wagga | Catholic | Primary | 4.2 km | 166 | 1,050 |
| Kapooka Public School, Kapooka | Government | Primary | 4.4 km | 52 | 1,002 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Ashmont [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10102/ashmont/topic/education