37.1% ▲ +27.2%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.2%
- 2016: 32.5%
- 2021: 37.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Mount Warrigal · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Mount Warrigal
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 37.1% of residents in Mount Warrigal finished Year 12, a figure far below the national average. This is an area where most adults hold trade certificates rather than university degrees. These lower levels of formal schooling are reflected in the local schools, which have a lower advantage score than most similar areas.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Completing Year 12 is far less common here than in the rest of Australia, with only 37.1% of people reaching that milestone. About 33.7% of residents finished Year 10, while 16.4% left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →Mount Warrigal splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (39%) and Year 10 (36%), with Year 9 or below at 17%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are uncommon in Mount Warrigal, where only 10.8% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the same figure for New South Wales. Instead, Certificate III or IV is the most common qualification, held by 43% of adults.
10.8% ▲ +49.1%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 10.8%
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 Mount Warrigal, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 53%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 19%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are Engineering at 19.6% and Management and Commerce at 17%. Other notable fields include Society and Culture at 12.3% and Health at 9.1%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Local schools are generally larger than most similar areas, with the average school serving 415 students. While there are 16 schools within 3km, there are much fewer schools per child than in most other areas.
1.11
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
16
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).
415
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
972
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Mount Warrigal
16 schools — 6,637 students, average ICSEA 972.
By sector: Government 14 · Catholic 2
By type: Primary 11 · Secondary 4 · Combined 1
| Mount Warrigal Public School, Warilla | Government | Primary | 0.4 km | 185 | 885 |
| Barrack Heights Public School, Barrack Heights | Government | Primary | 1.0 km | 192 | 873 |
| Warilla North Public School, Warilla | Government | Primary | 1.1 km | 167 | 872 |
| Lake Illawarra High School, Lake Illawarra | Government | Secondary | 1.2 km | 542 | 894 |
| Oak Flats High School, Oak Flats | Government | Secondary | 1.3 km | 648 | 932 |
| Peterborough School, Warilla | Government | Combined | 1.3 km | 115 | 938 |
| Warilla Public School, Warilla | Government | Primary | 1.3 km | 279 | 937 |
| Balarang Public School, Oak Flats | Government | Primary | 1.5 km | 268 | 974 |
| Lake Illawarra South Public School, Lake Illawarra | Government | Primary | 2.0 km | 177 | 954 |
| Nazareth Catholic Primary School, Shellharbour City | Catholic | Primary | 2.1 km | 413 | 1,052 |
| Warilla High School, Barrack Heights | Government | Secondary | 2.2 km | 1,020 | 968 |
| Oak Flats Public School, Oak Flats | Government | Primary | 2.6 km | 416 | 959 |
| Windang Public School, Windang | Government | Primary | 3.0 km | 203 | 988 |
| Corpus Christi Catholic High School, Oak Flats | Catholic | Secondary | 3.1 km | 1,126 | 1,045 |
| Flinders Public School, Flinders | Government | Primary | 3.6 km | 518 | 1,004 |
| Shellharbour Public School, Shellharbour | Government | Primary | 3.8 km | 368 | 999 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Mount Warrigal [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12812/mount-warrigal/topic/education