38.9% —
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 38.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Washpool · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Washpool
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Not a single adult in Washpool holds a bachelor degree or higher, a figure that is far below the national average. This lack of higher education is consistent with the fact that only 38.9% of residents have completed Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the state and national averages, sitting at 38.9%. Instead, more than a quarter of residents stopped their schooling at Year 10 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Washpool, the largest group is Year 12 at 42%, followed by Year 10 (30%) and Year 9 or below (27%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The proportion of adults with a university degree is 0.0%, which is among the lowest across similar areas and far below the 26.3% national figure.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 Washpool, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 100%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Engineering & related at 33%, ahead of Management & commerce (33%).
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one government primary school within 3 km, though it is much smaller than most and has a school advantage score far lower than most areas.
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).
9
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
948
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Washpool
1 school — 9 students, average ICSEA 948.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Stroud Road Public School, Stroud Road | Government | Primary | 2.9 km | 9 | 948 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Washpool [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14197/washpool/topic/education