45.2% —
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 47.9%
- 2021: 45.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Wandsworth · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Wandsworth
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Educational attainment in Wandsworth has remained steady, but levels of formal schooling are quite low compared to the rest of the country. Only 45.2% of residents have finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Less than half of the population has completed Year 12, sitting 14 points below the New South Wales and Australian averages. About a quarter of residents finished school at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Wandsworth, Year 12 is the majority at 52%; Year 10 is next at 30%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are uncommon here, with only 13.7% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the national figure of 26.3%.
13.7% —
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.1%
- 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 →Wandsworth splits fairly evenly between Bachelor degree (36%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (33%), with Certificate III / IV at 31%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across several fields, with Health, Education, and Management and Commerce each making up 9.4% of the total. Agriculture and environment follows at 7.8%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools located within 3 km of the area, making it smaller than about 59% of similar places in this regard.
0
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).
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Wandsworth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14149/wandsworth/topic/education