7
Higher than 75% 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).
Wallis Lake · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Wallis Lake
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Seven schools within a 3km radius make Wallis Lake more well-served for education than about 79% of similar areas. While the area has a good number of schools, their average advantage score is lower than most other areas.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
The most common highest year of school is Year 12 at 0%, ahead of Year 11 (0%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The most common highest qualification level is Certificate III / IV at 75%, ahead of Postgraduate degree (0%).
Highest qualification level
View on map →In Wallis Lake, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 100%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Engineering & related at 75%, ahead of Natural & physical sciences (0%).
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Most of the local schools are government-run, making up 85.7% of the sector. Primary schools are the most common type at 57.1%, and the usual school size of 403 students is around the middle for its level.
403
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
959
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Wallis Lake
7 schools — 2,824 students, average ICSEA 959.
By sector: Government 6 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 4 · Secondary 3
| Great Lakes College Forster Campus, Forster | Government | Secondary | 6.1 km | 478 | 936 |
| Holy Name Primary School, Forster | Catholic | Primary | 8.9 km | 345 | 1,014 |
| Forster Public School, Forster | Government | Primary | 9.1 km | 573 | 934 |
| Tuncurry Public School, Tuncurry | Government | Primary | 9.6 km | 366 | 930 |
| Pacific Palms Public School, Boomerang Beach | Government | Primary | 10.5 km | 247 | 1,007 |
| Great Lakes College Tuncurry Campus, Tuncurry | Government | Secondary | 10.7 km | 466 | 949 |
| Great Lakes College Senior Campus, Tuncurry | Government | Secondary | 10.7 km | 349 | 988 |
Sources
- Australian Schools List — Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), 2025 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Wallis Lake [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14135/wallis-lake/topic/education