35.0% ▼ -9.9%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.8%
- 2016: 32.7%
- 2021: 35.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Wanaaring · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Wanaaring
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 35% of people in Wanaaring have finished Year 12, a figure far below the national average. This indicates a community with very low levels of formal schooling and higher education compared to the rest of the country. Most residents have not completed high school.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Completion rates for Year 12 are far below both New South Wales and Australia, trailing by 24 percentage points. Roughly 18% of people finished Year 10, while 10% left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Wanaaring, Year 12 is the majority at 51%; Year 10 is next at 27%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are rare here, with only 5.6% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the national figure. Instead, the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 45.5% of residents.
5.6% ▼ -68.0%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.4%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 5.6%
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 Wanaaring, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 65%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 22%.
Field of study
What people studied.
For those with qualifications, Engineering and related fields are the most common at 27.3%. Agriculture and environment studies follow at 15.2%, while architecture and building account for 12.1%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Wanaaring has a high number of schools per 1,000 children, though the only local school is a government primary school with a very small average size of seven students.
47.62
Higher than 99% 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).
7
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
851
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Wanaaring
1 school — 7 students, average ICSEA 851.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Wanaaring Public School, Wanaaring | Government | Primary | 37.8 km | 7 | 851 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Wanaaring [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14144/wanaaring/topic/education