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Waterview Heights · Suburb / Locality

Education & Qualifications in Waterview Heights

How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.

Much lower levels of formal schooling than most similar areas define Waterview Heights, where only 35.9% of people finished Year 12. This is far below the national and state figures, showing a significant gap in educational attainment for the local population.

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📍 Waterview Heights, Suburb / Locality

Where Waterview Heights sits — Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

11.3% ▲ +2.1%

All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Waterview Heights — lower than 64% of areas.

Waterview Heights11.3%
2460, NSW 10.4%
New South Wales 27.8%
Australia 26.3%

Schooling

Highest year of school completed.

Only 35.9% of residents completed Year 12, which is 23 percentage points lower than across Australia and New South Wales. The most common highest year of school completed is Year 10, at 36.8%.

Completed Year 12

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35.9% ▲ +17.2%

Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.

Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.

Highest year of school

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Waterview Heights splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (39%) and Year 12 (38%), with Year 9 or below at 17%.

Year 10 36.8% Year 12 35.9% Year 9 or below 16.2% Year 11 5.7%

Qualifications

Post-school qualifications and degrees.

Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 11.3% of the population, far below the national figure of 26.3%. Most qualified residents hold a Certificate III or IV, accounting for 45.8% of the total.

Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

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11.3% ▲ +2.1%

Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.

Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).

Field of study

What people studied.

For those with qualifications, the most common fields are engineering and related subjects at 20.2%, followed by management and commerce at 15.6%.

Schools

Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).

There are no schools within 3 km of the area, a count that is smaller than about 59% of similar areas.

Schools within 3 km

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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).

Schools in and around Waterview Heights — hover a marker for details. Open the full map →

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
  • Australian Schools List — Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), 2025 (CC BY 4.0).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Waterview Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14204/waterview-heights/topic/education