44.4% ▲ +4.9%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 42.3%
- 2016: 45.8%
- 2021: 44.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Verona · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Verona
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Education levels in Verona have remained steady, with nearly one in five adults holding a university degree. While university qualifications are more common here than in most similar areas, the proportion of people finishing high school is far below the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 44.4% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. About 30.7% of people stopped their schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Verona, the largest group is Year 12 at 48%, followed by Year 10 (33%) and Year 9 or below (13%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
A bachelor degree or higher is held by 18.8% of adults, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but still well below the Australian average of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 33.8% of people.
18.8% ▲ +5.3%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.9%
- 2016: 16.8%
- 2021: 18.8%
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 Verona, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 43%, followed by Bachelor degree (25%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (17%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for qualified residents are engineering and related fields at 18.1%, followed by society and culture at 12.5% and management and commerce at 11.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Verona is served by one government primary school, though its average size of 53 students is much lower than most areas. This school has an advantage score of 987, which is around the middle for its level.
1
Lower than 57% 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).
53
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
987
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Verona
1 school — 53 students, average ICSEA 987.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Quaama Public School, Quaama | Government | Primary | 5.5 km | 53 | 987 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Verona [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14091/verona/topic/education