50.3% ▼ -1.8%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 51.2%
- 2016: 41.8%
- 2021: 50.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Wallagoot · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Wallagoot
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Higher qualification rates than most similar areas define Wallagoot, where 26.7% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. While university degrees are common, about half of the population has not finished Year 12.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 50.3% of residents completed Year 12, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 58.9% and the national average. This is higher than most similar areas, though 22.9% of people stopped at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Wallagoot, Year 12 is the majority at 55%; Year 10 is next at 25%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
A bachelor degree or higher is held by 26.7% of adults, a figure about the same as the Australian average. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 34.1% of the population.
26.7% ▲ +8.6%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.5%
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 26.7%
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 Wallagoot, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 40%, followed by Bachelor degree (31%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (13%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for qualified residents are Health at 14.7% and Society and Culture at 13.5%. Engineering and related fields follow at 11.7%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are 8.06 schools per 1,000 children, which is higher than most areas. The local school is a single government-run combined primary and secondary campus.
8.06
Higher than 71% 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).
Schools serving Wallagoot
1 school.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Combined 1
| Bournda Environmental Education Centre, Kalaru | Government | Combined | 2.8 km | — | — |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Wallagoot [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14121/wallagoot/topic/education