29.1% —
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.7%
- 2021: 29.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Waterview · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Waterview
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 30 percentage points separates Waterview from the state and national figures for Year 12 completion. This is a community where fewer people have finished high school and very few hold university degrees compared to the rest of the country.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 29.1% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. About 32.9% of people left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →Waterview splits fairly evenly between Year 9 or below (33%) and Year 10 (32%), with Year 12 at 29%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Just 5.1% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far below the national average of 26.3%. Most qualified residents hold a Certificate III or IV.
5.1% —
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 5.1%
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 Waterview, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 52%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 33%.
Field of study
What people studied.
For those with qualifications, the most common fields are management and commerce at 23.5%, followed by health at 20.6%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Waterview has more schools within 3km than 77% of similar areas, including six schools that are larger than most. These are mostly government primary schools.
6
Higher than 74% 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).
529
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
923
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Waterview
6 schools — 3,173 students, average ICSEA 923.
By sector: Government 5 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 4 · Secondary 2
| Grafton High School, Grafton | Government | Secondary | 2.7 km | 768 | 941 |
| Westlawn Public School, Grafton | Government | Primary | 2.8 km | 467 | 940 |
| Grafton Public School, Grafton | Government | Primary | 2.8 km | 476 | 907 |
| St Mary's Primary School, Grafton | Catholic | Primary | 3.0 km | 259 | 1,020 |
| South Grafton High School, South Grafton | Government | Secondary | 4.3 km | 639 | 875 |
| South Grafton Public School, South Grafton | Government | Primary | 4.4 km | 564 | 905 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Waterview [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14203/waterview/topic/education