42.8% ▲ +22.9%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.8%
- 2016: 32.6%
- 2021: 42.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Wallarobba · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Wallarobba
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Higher levels of university education are more common in Wallarobba than in most similar areas. While about 19.5% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, the share of people who finished Year 12 is far below the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 42.8% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the 58.8% national average. About 35.9% of people in the area finished Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Wallarobba, the largest group is Year 12 at 46%, followed by Year 10 (39%) and Year 9 or below (11%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
A bachelor degree or higher is held by 19.5% of adults, which is higher than most similar areas but well below the New South Wales figure of 27.8%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 38.7% of people.
19.5% ▲ +79.4%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 19.5%
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 Wallarobba, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 46%, followed by Bachelor degree (23%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (21%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Degrees in Engineering and related fields are the most frequent at 18.9%, followed by Management and commerce at 17%. Society and culture qualifications account for 10.4% of the total.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of the area, which is a smaller number than about 59% of similar areas.
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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).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Wallarobba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14129/wallarobba/topic/education