33.3% ▼ -9.7%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.9%
- 2016: 37.4%
- 2021: 33.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Wandella · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Wandella
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 33.3% of people in Wandella finished Year 12, a figure far below the national average. This gap in basic schooling is a defining feature of the area's education profile, though many adults have since gone on to gain trade certificates.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Completing Year 12 is far less common here than in most other areas, sitting 26 points below the New South Wales and Australian figures. The most typical highest year of school finished is Year 10 for 34.1% of residents.
Highest year of school
View on map →Wandella splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (38%) and Year 12 (37%), with Year 9 or below at 17%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are much less common than in the state, with only 13.7% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. Instead, trade qualifications are more frequent, with 34.2% of people holding a Certificate III or IV.
13.7% ▲ +17.9%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 13.7%
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 Wandella, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 42%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (26%) and Bachelor degree (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across several fields, with architecture and building being the most common at 16.5%. Engineering, agriculture, and food or hospitality services also represent significant shares of the local study profile.
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 Wandella [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14146/wandella/topic/education