82.5% ▲ +10.7%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 74.5%
- 2016: 78.8%
- 2021: 82.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Waitara · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Waitara
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Higher education levels than most of the country define daily life in Waitara, where over half of all adults hold a university degree. This creates a highly qualified community, with 82.5% of residents finishing Year 12, which is far above the national figure of 58.8%.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Finishing Year 12 is very common here, with 82.5% of people reaching this milestone. This is far above the New South Wales rate of 58.9%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Waitara, Year 12 is the majority at 88%; Year 10 is next at 6%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
A bachelor degree or higher is held by 56.7% of adults, which is far above the national figure of 26.3%. The most common high-level qualifications are bachelor degrees at 41.5% and postgraduate degrees at 24.4%.
56.7% ▲ +29.7%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 43.7%
- 2016: 51.3%
- 2021: 56.7%
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 Waitara, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 47%, followed by Postgraduate degree (28%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (13%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in management and commerce are most common at 27.8%, followed by information technology at 13.1% and engineering at 12.8%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Waitara has some of the largest schools and the highest average school advantage scores compared to similar areas. There are 27 schools within 3km, though there are fewer schools per 1,000 children than in other areas.
0.60
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
27
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).
737
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,159
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Waitara
27 schools — 19,907 students, average ICSEA 1,159.
By sector: Government 14 · Independent 9 · Catholic 4
By type: Primary 13 · Combined 8 · Secondary 6
| Marri Mittigar School, Hornsby | Independent | Combined | 0.5 km | 28 | 984 |
| Waitara Public School, Wahroonga | Government | Primary | 0.5 km | 972 | 1,148 |
| Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Primary School, Waitara | Catholic | Primary | 0.5 km | 337 | 1,153 |
| Hornsby Girls High School, Hornsby | Government | Secondary | 0.6 km | 722 | 1,209 |
| St Leo's Catholic College, Wahroonga | Catholic | Secondary | 0.6 km | 1,055 | 1,113 |
| Barker College, Hornsby | Independent | Secondary | 0.7 km | 2,856 | 1,166 |
| Clarke Road School, Hornsby | Government | Combined | 1.0 km | 61 | 1,063 |
| Hornsby South Public School, Hornsby | Government | Primary | 1.1 km | 534 | 1,110 |
| Abbotsleigh, Wahroonga | Independent | Combined | 1.3 km | 1,634 | 1,217 |
| Loreto Normanhurst, Normanhurst | Independent | Combined | 1.4 km | 1,240 | 1,164 |
| Normanhurst Boys High School, Normanhurst | Government | Secondary | 1.4 km | 752 | 1,207 |
| St Lucy's School, Wahroonga | Independent | Combined | 1.6 km | 246 | 1,104 |
| Prouille Catholic Primary School, Wahroonga | Catholic | Primary | 1.6 km | 262 | 1,156 |
| Blue Gum Community School, Hornsby | Independent | Primary | 1.7 km | 21 | 1,105 |
| Normanhurst Public School, Normanhurst | Government | Primary | 1.7 km | 372 | 1,139 |
| Asquith Boys High School, Asquith | Government | Secondary | 1.9 km | 542 | 1,045 |
| St Edmund's College, Wahroonga | Independent | Combined | 1.9 km | 112 | 1,107 |
| Knox Grammar School, Wahroonga | Independent | Combined | 2.0 km | 3,345 | 1,187 |
| Normanhurst West Public School, Thornleigh | Government | Primary | 2.1 km | 363 | 1,136 |
| Wahroonga Public School, Wahroonga | Government | Primary | 2.2 km | 508 | 1,156 |
| Asquith Girls High School, Asquith | Government | Secondary | 2.3 km | 669 | 1,082 |
| Warrawee Public School, Turramurra | Government | Primary | 2.6 km | 622 | 1,170 |
| Asquith Public School, Asquith | Government | Primary | 2.7 km | 384 | 1,102 |
| St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Asquith | Catholic | Primary | 2.7 km | 223 | 1,124 |
| Hornsby North Public School, Hornsby | Government | Primary | 3.1 km | 937 | 1,148 |
| Wahroonga Adventist School, Wahroonga | Independent | Combined | 3.1 km | 633 | 1,161 |
| Thornleigh West Public School, Thornleigh | Government | Primary | 3.5 km | 477 | 1,142 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Waitara [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14104/waitara/topic/education