45.2% ▼ -5.0%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 47.6%
- 2016: 46.3%
- 2021: 45.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Wallabi Point · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Wallabi Point
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Wallabi Point finished high school compared to the rest of the country, with only 45.2% completing Year 12. Despite this, the area sees a higher share of adults with university degrees than most similar places. This creates a mix of education levels across the local population.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 45.2% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales and national figures of around 59%. About 31% of the population stopped their schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Wallabi Point, Year 12 is the majority at 51%; Year 10 is next at 35%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
A typical adult here is more likely to have a university degree than people in most similar areas, though at 20.1% this is still well below the national average. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 34.3% of adults.
20.1% ▲ +8.9%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.4%
- 2016: 18.8%
- 2021: 20.1%
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 Wallabi Point, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 44%, followed by Bachelor degree (25%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (17%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in this area are spread across several fields, with education being the most common at 15.9%. Management and commerce follow closely at 14.4%, with engineering and health also making up significant shares.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area is served by one government primary school, which is larger than those in about 59% of similar areas. The typical school size here is 480 students.
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).
480
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
994
Higher 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 Wallabi Point
1 school — 480 students, average ICSEA 994.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Old Bar Public School, Old Bar | Government | Primary | 3.1 km | 480 | 994 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Wallabi Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14117/wallabi-point/topic/education