27.4% ▲ +7.4%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.5%
- 2016: 26.8%
- 2021: 27.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Wakool · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Wakool
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A far lower rate of school completion than the state average defines the educational profile of Wakool. Only 27.4% of residents finished Year 12, and the area has a very low proportion of university degrees compared to the rest of the country.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%, with only 27.4% of people reaching this level. Other residents are split almost evenly between those who finished Year 10 and those who left school in Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →Wakool splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (29%) and Year 9 or below (29%), with Year 10 at 29%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University qualifications are rare here, with adults holding a bachelor degree or higher at 4.7%, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. Instead, nearly half of the community holds a Certificate III or IV.
4.7% ▲ +77.9%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 4.7%
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 Wakool, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 70%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 16%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common qualifications are in agriculture and environment as well as management and commerce, both at 15%. Engineering and related fields also make up 14% of the local qualifications.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Wakool is served by a single government primary school. While this area has a very low average school size of 15 students, it has a high number of schools per 1,000 children compared to similar areas.
22.73
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
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).
15
Lower than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
849
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Wakool
1 school — 15 students, average ICSEA 849.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Wakool Burraboi Public School, Wakool | Government | Primary | 4.8 km | 15 | 849 |
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Wakool [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14108/wakool/topic/education