70.5% ▲ +13.5%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.2%
- 2016: 60.0%
- 2021: 70.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Wallaroo · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Wallaroo
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far more residents in Wallaroo have completed high school and university than in most similar areas. This is a highly qualified community where 70.5% of people finished Year 12 and over 31% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
The 70.5% of people who finished Year 12 is far above the New South Wales figure of 58.9% and the national average of 58.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Wallaroo, Year 12 is the majority at 76%; Year 10 is next at 16%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 31.4% of the population, which is well above both the state (27.8%) and national (26.3%) figures.
31.4% ▲ +19.8%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.2%
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 31.4%
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 Wallaroo, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 31%, followed by Certificate III / IV (26%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (20%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common qualifications are in society and culture at 15.2%, followed by management and commerce at 14.6% and architecture and building at 12.2%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are four primary schools within 3km, which is more than 73% of similar areas. These schools are larger and have a higher advantage score than most others.
4
Higher than 71% 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).
434
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,036
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Wallaroo
4 schools — 1,734 students, average ICSEA 1,036.
By sector: Government 3 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 4
| Fraser Primary School, Fraser | Government | Primary | 5.2 km | 462 | 1,042 |
| Charnwood-Dunlop School, Charnwood | Government | Primary | 5.3 km | 308 | 987 |
| St Thomas Aquinas Primary School, Charnwood | Catholic | Primary | 5.6 km | 374 | 1,045 |
| Macgregor Primary School, Macgregor | Government | Primary | 5.9 km | 590 | 1,050 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Wallaroo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14130/wallaroo/topic/education