48.6% ▲ +31.7%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.9%
- 2016: 40.0%
- 2021: 48.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Wallaga Lake · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Wallaga Lake
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 10 percentage points separates Wallaga Lake from the state and national figures for Year 12 completion. While a decent number of adults hold university degrees, fewer residents finished high school compared to the broader population. This creates a varied educational profile across the community.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 48.6% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. About 22.3% of people finished Year 10, while 12.8% left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Wallaga Lake, Year 12 is the majority at 53%; Year 10 is next at 24%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 22.5% of the population, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but well below the Australian average of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 31.5% of residents.
22.5% ▲ +72.5%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 16.9%
- 2021: 22.5%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →In Wallaga Lake, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 38%, followed by Bachelor degree (22%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across several fields, with society and culture being the most common at 15.5%. Other notable fields include engineering at 13.3% and education at 13.0%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one government primary school within 3km, which is smaller than most other schools. This school has an average advantage score of 944, which is much lower than most areas.
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).
165
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
944
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Wallaga Lake
1 school — 165 students, average ICSEA 944.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Bermagui Public School, Bermagui | Government | Primary | 5.7 km | 165 | 944 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Wallaga Lake [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14120/wallaga-lake/topic/education