43.8% ▲ +26.7%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.6%
- 2016: 39.1%
- 2021: 43.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Villawood · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Villawood
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Lower levels of formal schooling and university degrees shape daily life in Villawood, where only 43.8% of residents finished Year 12. This is far below the national figure of 58.8%, reflecting a community with fewer formal academic qualifications than most other Australian areas.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Fewer people in Villawood finished high school compared to the rest of the country, with the rate sitting 15 points below the New South Wales and national figures. About 18.8% of residents left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Villawood, Year 12 is the majority at 55%; Year 9 or below is next at 24%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are much less common here than elsewhere, as only 11.5% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the New South Wales average of 27.8%.
11.5% ▲ +79.2%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.4%
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Villawood splits fairly evenly between Bachelor degree (31%) and Certificate III / IV (29%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 23%.
Field of study
What people studied.
For those with qualifications, the most common fields are management and commerce at 13.9%, followed by engineering and related fields at 9.0% and society and culture at 8.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Villawood has some of the largest numbers of schools within 3km, though they are fewer per 1,000 children than in similar areas. Most students attend government schools (74.5%) and primary schools (64.7%).
2.09
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
51
Higher than 92% 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).
512
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
960
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Villawood
51 schools — 25,612 students, average ICSEA 960.
By sector: Government 38 · Catholic 8 · Independent 5
By type: Primary 33 · Secondary 10 · Combined 8
| Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Villawood | Catholic | Primary | 0.7 km | 226 | 1,053 |
| Villawood East Public School, Villawood | Government | Primary | 0.8 km | 301 | 898 |
| Carramar Public School, Carramar | Government | Primary | 1.1 km | 227 | 931 |
| Villawood North Public School, Fairfield East | Government | Primary | 1.1 km | 250 | 937 |
| Bass High School, Bass Hill | Government | Secondary | 1.7 km | 874 | 927 |
| Chester Hill High School, Chester Hill | Government | Secondary | 1.8 km | 1,056 | 912 |
| Chester Hill Public School, Chester Hill | Government | Primary | 1.9 km | 578 | 958 |
| Old Guildford Public School, Guildford | Government | Primary | 1.9 km | 411 | 903 |
| Verona School, Fairfield East | Government | Combined | 2.0 km | 89 | 889 |
| Rowland Hassall School, Chester Hill | Government | Combined | 2.0 km | 63 | 889 |
| Patrician Brothers' College Fairfield, Fairfield | Catholic | Secondary | 2.1 km | 1,144 | 969 |
| George Bass School, Bass Hill | Government | Combined | 2.1 km | 102 | 979 |
| Lansvale East Public School, Cabramatta | Government | Primary | 2.2 km | 117 | 969 |
| Yennora Public School, Yennora | Government | Primary | 2.2 km | 244 | 933 |
| Chester Hill North Public School, Chester Hill | Government | Primary | 2.3 km | 400 | 950 |
| Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Primary School, Fairfield | Catholic | Primary | 2.4 km | 691 | 997 |
| Salamah College, Chester Hill | Independent | Combined | 2.5 km | 1,353 | 989 |
| Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Primary School, Sefton | Catholic | Primary | 2.6 km | 337 | 1,046 |
| Lansvale Public School, Canley Vale | Government | Primary | 2.6 km | 524 | 934 |
| Sefton High School, Sefton | Government | Secondary | 2.7 km | 1,121 | 1,033 |
| Canley Vale High School, Canley Vale | Government | Secondary | 2.7 km | 1,651 | 954 |
| Sefton Infants School, Sefton | Government | Primary | 2.7 km | 93 | 1,027 |
| Warakirri College, Fairfield | Independent | Secondary | 2.7 km | 548 | 902 |
| St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Georges Hall | Catholic | Primary | 2.9 km | 377 | 1,050 |
| Fairfield High School, Fairfield | Government | Secondary | 2.9 km | 1,123 | 878 |
| Fairfield Public School, Fairfield | Government | Primary | 3.0 km | 386 | 901 |
| Granville South Creative and Performing Arts High School, Guildford | Government | Secondary | 3.1 km | 733 | 855 |
| HopePoint Christian School, Georges Hall | Independent | Primary | 3.1 km | 219 | 1,039 |
| Guildford Public School, Guildford | Government | Primary | 3.2 km | 623 | 943 |
| Fairfield Heights Public School, Fairfield | Government | Primary | 3.2 km | 642 | 893 |
| Georges River Grammar, Georges Hall | Independent | Combined | 3.3 km | 933 | 1,095 |
| Georges River Environmental Education Centre, Chipping Norton | Government | Combined | 3.3 km | — | — |
| Georges Hall Public School, Georges Hall | Government | Primary | 3.3 km | 685 | 1,017 |
| Bass Hill Public School, Bass Hill | Government | Primary | 3.3 km | 346 | 929 |
| Pal Buddhist School, Canley Vale | Independent | Combined | 3.4 km | 109 | 1,032 |
| St Patrick's Primary School, Guildford | Catholic | Primary | 3.4 km | 342 | 1,028 |
| Chipping Norton Public School, Chipping Norton | Government | Primary | 3.6 km | 333 | 1,018 |
| Cabramatta Public School, Cabramatta | Government | Primary | 3.7 km | 435 | 950 |
| Blaxcell Street Public School, Granville | Government | Primary | 3.8 km | 948 | 957 |
| Fairvale Public School, Fairfield | Government | Primary | 3.8 km | 503 | 919 |
| Birrong Public School, Birrong | Government | Primary | 3.8 km | 451 | 967 |
| Christ the King Catholic Primary School Bass Hill, Yagoona | Catholic | Primary | 3.8 km | 179 | 1,042 |
| Karningul School, Regents Park | Government | Combined | 4.0 km | 20 | 919 |
| Canley Vale Public School, Canley Vale | Government | Primary | 4.0 km | 752 | 973 |
| Regents Park Public School, Regents Park | Government | Primary | 4.1 km | 268 | 968 |
| Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School Cabramatta, Cabramatta | Catholic | Primary | 4.1 km | 622 | 1,012 |
| Birrong Girls High School, Birrong | Government | Secondary | 4.2 km | 726 | 956 |
| Granville South Public School, Guildford | Government | Primary | 4.2 km | 323 | 933 |
| Birrong Boys High School, Birrong | Government | Secondary | 4.2 km | 366 | 937 |
| Auburn West Public School, Auburn | Government | Primary | 4.4 km | 572 | 928 |
| Wattawa Heights Public School, Bankstown | Government | Primary | 4.5 km | 196 | 939 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Villawood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14092/villawood/topic/education