33.0% ▲ +12.3%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.3%
- 2016: 29.5%
- 2021: 33.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Wee Waa · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Wee Waa
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer residents in Wee Waa have completed high school or university compared to most other areas. Only 33% of people finished Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. This pattern extends to higher education, where bachelor degrees are much less common than in the typical Australian town.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Just 33% of people completed Year 12, which is far below the national average. Roughly 29% of residents stopped after Year 10, while another 15% finished Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →Wee Waa splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (39%) and Year 10 (35%), with Year 9 or below at 18%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 8.2% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far below the 27.8% seen across New South Wales. Instead, the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 34.4% of residents.
8.2% ▲ +18.8%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 8.2%
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 Wee Waa, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 54%; Bachelor degree is next at 21%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are engineering and related services at 15.5%, followed by management and commerce at 10.8%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Wee Waa has 4 schools within 3km, which is more than 73% of similar areas. These schools are typically smaller than most, with an average size of 127 students and a school advantage score among the lowest at this level.
8.62
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
4
Higher than 71% 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).
127
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
878
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Wee Waa
4 schools — 506 students, average ICSEA 878.
By sector: Government 2 · Independent 1 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 2 · Combined 1 · Secondary 1
| Namoi Valley Christian School, Wee Waa | Independent | Combined | 10.1 km | 128 | 936 |
| St Joseph's Primary School, Wee Waa | Catholic | Primary | 10.1 km | 118 | 961 |
| Wee Waa Public School, Wee Waa | Government | Primary | 10.4 km | 79 | 720 |
| Wee Waa High School, Wee Waa | Government | Secondary | 11.5 km | 181 | 853 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Wee Waa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14228/wee-waa/topic/education