73.0% ▲ +1.2%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 72.1%
- 2016: 67.6%
- 2021: 73.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
North Wollongong · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in North Wollongong
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Much higher levels of education than most similar areas define North Wollongong. A striking 35.1% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is well above the national figure. This high level of qualification is paired with strong school results, as 73% of residents have completed Year 12.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Completion rates for Year 12 are far above both the state and national figures, at 73%. This is among the highest levels for areas of this type.
Highest year of school
View on map →In North Wollongong, Year 12 is the majority at 75%; Year 10 is next at 14%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a university degree are common here, with 35.1% holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is well above the New South Wales figure of 27.8%.
35.1% ▲ +30.4%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.9%
- 2016: 27.3%
- 2021: 35.1%
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 North Wollongong, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 38%, followed by Certificate III / IV (23%) and Postgraduate degree (19%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are most often in management and commerce at 20.3%, followed by engineering at 14.1% and society and culture at 14%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has a very high number of schools, with 30 within 3 km and 17.75 schools per 1,000 children. Most of these are government primary schools.
17.75
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
30
Higher than 88% 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).
397
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,069
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 North Wollongong
30 schools — 11,520 students, average ICSEA 1,069.
By sector: Government 21 · Independent 6 · Catholic 3
By type: Primary 18 · Secondary 8 · Combined 4
| Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts, Fairy Meadow | Government | Secondary | 0.4 km | 1,169 | 1,075 |
| Keira High School, Fairy Meadow | Government | Secondary | 0.6 km | 723 | 984 |
| Elonera Montessori School, Mount Ousley | Independent | Combined | 0.6 km | 187 | 1,108 |
| Para Meadows School, North Wollongong | Government | Combined | 0.8 km | 113 | 945 |
| Mount Ousley Public School, Fairy Meadow | Government | Primary | 0.9 km | 193 | 1,079 |
| Good Samaritan Catholic Primary School, Fairy Meadow | Catholic | Primary | 1.0 km | 335 | 1,081 |
| Smiths Hill High School, Wollongong | Government | Secondary | 1.5 km | 736 | 1,186 |
| St Brigid's Catholic Primary School, Gwynneville | Catholic | Primary | 1.6 km | 175 | 1,083 |
| Fairy Meadow Public School, Fairy Meadow | Government | Primary | 1.7 km | 342 | 1,002 |
| Gwynneville Public School, Gwynneville | Government | Primary | 1.9 km | 271 | 1,065 |
| Towradgi Public School, Fairy Meadow | Government | Primary | 1.9 km | 134 | 1,031 |
| Wollongong Public School, Wollongong | Government | Primary | 1.9 km | 579 | 1,084 |
| Keiraville Public School, Keiraville | Government | Primary | 2.2 km | 297 | 1,103 |
| Pleasant Heights Public School, Mount Pleasant | Government | Primary | 2.2 km | 241 | 1,126 |
| St Mary Star of the Sea College, Wollongong | Independent | Secondary | 2.3 km | 1,128 | 1,104 |
| Illawarra Hospital School, Wollongong | Government | Combined | 2.3 km | — | — |
| Wollongong Flexible School, Towradgi | Independent | Secondary | 2.5 km | 71 | 895 |
| Tarrawanna Public School, Tarrawanna | Government | Primary | 2.8 km | 164 | 982 |
| Novo Education Space, Wollongong | Independent | Secondary | 2.8 km | 44 | 983 |
| Balgownie Public School, Balgownie | Government | Primary | 2.9 km | 329 | 1,076 |
| Wollongong West Public School, Wollongong | Government | Primary | 3.0 km | 243 | 991 |
| St Therese Catholic Primary School, Mangerton | Catholic | Primary | 3.1 km | 368 | 1,090 |
| Corrimal East Public School, Corrimal | Government | Primary | 3.3 km | 297 | 1,046 |
| Edmund Rice College, West Wollongong | Independent | Secondary | 3.3 km | 1,054 | 1,083 |
| The Illawarra Grammar School, Wollongong West | Independent | Combined | 3.3 km | 970 | 1,159 |
| Mount Keira Public School, Mount Keira | Government | Primary | 3.6 km | 91 | 1,072 |
| Corrimal High School, Corrimal | Government | Secondary | 3.7 km | 569 | 940 |
| Coniston Public School, Coniston | Government | Primary | 3.8 km | 181 | 990 |
| Lindsay Park Public School, Wollongong | Government | Primary | 4.1 km | 334 | 1,068 |
| Bellambi Public School, Bellambi | Government | Primary | 4.2 km | 182 | 807 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in North Wollongong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13027/north-wollongong/topic/education