37.5% ▲ +16.0%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.3%
- 2016: 27.6%
- 2021: 37.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Wallamore · Suburb / Locality
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Very few residents in Wallamore finished high school, with only 37.5% completing Year 12. This is far below the national figure of 58.8%. While some adults have gone on to earn degrees, the area generally has lower levels of formal schooling and qualifications than most other regions.
Highest year of school completed.
Only 37.5% of people finished Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales rate of 58.9%. This low completion rate is reflected in the fact that an equal number of residents—37.5%—list Year 10 as their highest year of school.
37.5% ▲ +16.0%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Wallamore splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (40%) and Year 10 (40%), with Year 9 or below at 20%.
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
About 14.1% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the Australian average of 26.3%. Trade certificates are the most common qualification here, held by 47.8% of the community.
14.1% ▲ +67.7%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
In Wallamore, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 55%; Bachelor degree is next at 23%.
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are management and commerce at 21.7%, followed by engineering and architecture and building, which both sit at 15.2%.
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of the area, making it smaller in this regard than about 59% of similar places.
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Lower than 99% 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).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Wallamore [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14123/wallamore/topic/education