54.4% ▲ +25.8%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 43.2%
- 2016: 50.3%
- 2021: 54.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Fairy Meadow · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Fairy Meadow
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Higher levels of schooling and degrees have become more common in Fairy Meadow over the last decade. While the typical resident has a qualification, the area still sits well below the state and national figures for Year 12 completion.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 54.4% of residents have completed Year 12, which is higher than most similar areas but remains well below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Fairy Meadow, Year 12 is the majority at 58%; Year 10 is next at 24%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
A bachelor degree or higher is held by 24.5% of adults, a rate much higher than most similar areas, though still a little below the Australian average of 26.3%.
24.5% ▲ +52.5%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.0%
- 2016: 21.2%
- 2021: 24.5%
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 Fairy Meadow, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 34%, followed by Bachelor degree (29%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (17%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for qualified residents are management and commerce at 17.4%, followed closely by engineering and related fields at 17.1%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Fairy Meadow has 32 schools within 3 km, among the largest number at this level, with an average school size of 418 that is higher than most areas.
3.57
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
32
Higher than 89% 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).
418
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,068
Higher 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 Fairy Meadow
32 schools — 12,949 students, average ICSEA 1,068.
By sector: Government 20 · Independent 7 · Catholic 5
By type: Primary 19 · Secondary 9 · Combined 4
| Good Samaritan Catholic Primary School, Fairy Meadow | Catholic | Primary | 0.5 km | 335 | 1,081 |
| Mount Ousley Public School, Fairy Meadow | Government | Primary | 0.7 km | 193 | 1,079 |
| Fairy Meadow Public School, Fairy Meadow | Government | Primary | 0.8 km | 342 | 1,002 |
| Elonera Montessori School, Mount Ousley | Independent | Combined | 1.0 km | 187 | 1,108 |
| Towradgi Public School, Fairy Meadow | Government | Primary | 1.0 km | 134 | 1,031 |
| Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts, Fairy Meadow | Government | Secondary | 1.2 km | 1,169 | 1,075 |
| Keira High School, Fairy Meadow | Government | Secondary | 1.3 km | 723 | 984 |
| Wollongong Flexible School, Towradgi | Independent | Secondary | 1.5 km | 71 | 895 |
| Para Meadows School, North Wollongong | Government | Combined | 1.7 km | 113 | 945 |
| Tarrawanna Public School, Tarrawanna | Government | Primary | 1.9 km | 164 | 982 |
| Pleasant Heights Public School, Mount Pleasant | Government | Primary | 2.1 km | 241 | 1,126 |
| Corrimal East Public School, Corrimal | Government | Primary | 2.3 km | 297 | 1,046 |
| Balgownie Public School, Balgownie | Government | Primary | 2.4 km | 329 | 1,076 |
| Smiths Hill High School, Wollongong | Government | Secondary | 2.5 km | 736 | 1,186 |
| St Brigid's Catholic Primary School, Gwynneville | Catholic | Primary | 2.5 km | 175 | 1,083 |
| Corrimal High School, Corrimal | Government | Secondary | 2.7 km | 569 | 940 |
| Gwynneville Public School, Gwynneville | Government | Primary | 2.7 km | 271 | 1,065 |
| Keiraville Public School, Keiraville | Government | Primary | 2.8 km | 297 | 1,103 |
| Wollongong Public School, Wollongong | Government | Primary | 2.9 km | 579 | 1,084 |
| St Columbkille's Catholic Primary School, Corrimal | Catholic | Primary | 3.2 km | 339 | 1,073 |
| St Mary Star of the Sea College, Wollongong | Independent | Secondary | 3.2 km | 1,128 | 1,104 |
| Corrimal Public School, Corrimal | Government | Primary | 3.3 km | 227 | 1,013 |
| Illawarra Hospital School, Wollongong | Government | Combined | 3.3 km | — | — |
| Bellambi Public School, Bellambi | Government | Primary | 3.3 km | 182 | 807 |
| Aspect South Coast School, Corrimal | Independent | Primary | 3.7 km | 129 | 1,017 |
| Novo Education Space, Wollongong | Independent | Secondary | 3.8 km | 44 | 983 |
| Wollongong West Public School, Wollongong | Government | Primary | 3.8 km | 243 | 991 |
| St Therese Catholic Primary School, Mangerton | Catholic | Primary | 4.0 km | 368 | 1,090 |
| Edmund Rice College, West Wollongong | Independent | Secondary | 4.0 km | 1,054 | 1,083 |
| Mount Keira Public School, Mount Keira | Government | Primary | 4.0 km | 91 | 1,072 |
| Holy Spirit College, Bellambi | Catholic | Secondary | 4.0 km | 1,249 | 1,069 |
| The Illawarra Grammar School, Wollongong West | Independent | Combined | 4.2 km | 970 | 1,159 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Fairy Meadow [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11487/fairy-meadow/topic/education