49.2% ▲ +24.1%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 39.6%
- 2016: 43.7%
- 2021: 49.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Wadalba · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Wadalba
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 15.4% of adults in Wadalba hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the national figure. This gap in higher education is consistent with the fact that Year 12 completion rates are also well below those of New South Wales and the rest of Australia.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Roughly half of residents, 49.2%, have completed Year 12, which is higher than most similar areas despite being well below the state average. Another 29% of people finished school at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Wadalba, Year 12 is the majority at 52%; Year 10 is next at 30%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Certificates III and IV are the most common qualifications here, held by 38.8% of adults. This helps explain why the proportion of people with degrees is far below the national figure.
15.4% ▲ +60.9%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 15.4%
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 Wadalba, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 46%, followed by Bachelor degree (22%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (21%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for qualified residents are management and commerce at 21.4%, followed by engineering and society and culture at around 13% each.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Wadalba has a small number of schools for the number of children, but these schools are much larger than most. Three quarters of the schools are government-run, and most are primary schools.
0.90
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
12
Higher than 82% 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).
551
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
989
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Wadalba
12 schools — 6,617 students, average ICSEA 989.
By sector: Government 9 · Catholic 2 · Independent 1
By type: Primary 8 · Combined 4
| Wadalba Community School, Wadalba | Government | Combined | 0.9 km | 1,414 | 941 |
| Tacoma Public School, Tacoma | Government | Primary | 1.3 km | 186 | 938 |
| HopeTown School, Wyong | Government | Combined | 1.8 km | 43 | 797 |
| Tuggerawong Public School, Tuggerawong | Government | Primary | 2.1 km | 208 | 953 |
| Kanwal Public School, Kanwal | Government | Primary | 2.2 km | 500 | 942 |
| Warnervale Public School, Hamlyn Terrace | Government | Primary | 2.3 km | 442 | 979 |
| Porters Creek Public School, Warnervale | Government | Primary | 2.8 km | 317 | 988 |
| MacKillop Catholic College, Woongarrah | Catholic | Combined | 3.4 km | 1,558 | 1,042 |
| Wyong Public School, Wyong | Government | Primary | 3.6 km | 433 | 931 |
| Woongarrah Public School, Woongarrah | Government | Primary | 3.8 km | 385 | 984 |
| Lakes Grammar - An Anglican School, Warnervale | Independent | Combined | 3.8 km | 796 | 1,054 |
| St Cecilia's Catholic Primary School, Wyong | Catholic | Primary | 4.0 km | 335 | 1,022 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Wadalba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14098/wadalba/topic/education