38.5% ▼ -0.3%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.6%
- 2016: 40.3%
- 2021: 38.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Warral · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Warral
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Certificate III and IV qualifications are the most common achievement in Warral, where 34.2% of adults hold one. This area has far fewer people finishing high school or holding university degrees compared to the state and national figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 38.5% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales and Australian figures of around 59%. This is lower than most similar areas.
Highest year of school
View on map →Warral splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (41%) and Year 10 (36%), with Year 9 or below at 17%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Bachelor degrees or higher are held by 14.3% of adults. This is far below the state figure of 27.8% and the national average of 26.3%.
14.3% ▲ +17.9%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 14.3%
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 Warral, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 45%, followed by Bachelor degree (22%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (21%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for qualified residents are management and commerce at 17.1%, followed by engineering and related fields at 14.9%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are seven schools within 3km, which is more than 79% of similar areas. These schools are larger than most, though their average advantage score is among the lowest.
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).
454
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
853
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Warral
7 schools — 3,176 students, average ICSEA 853.
By sector: Government 5 · Independent 1 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 5 · Secondary 2
| Hillvue Public School, Tamworth | Government | Primary | 6.0 km | 449 | 761 |
| Liberty College, Tamworth | Independent | Primary | 6.4 km | 63 | 897 |
| Peel High School, Tamworth | Government | Secondary | 7.0 km | 629 | 831 |
| Westdale Public School, Westdale | Government | Primary | 7.0 km | 370 | 870 |
| St Edward's Primary School, South Tamworth | Catholic | Primary | 7.3 km | 525 | 956 |
| Tamworth South Public School, Tamworth | Government | Primary | 7.5 km | 477 | 828 |
| Tamworth High School, South Tamworth | Government | Secondary | 7.8 km | 663 | 860 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Warral [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14181/warral/topic/education