32.7% —
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 32.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Weetaliba · Suburb / Locality
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Education levels in Weetaliba have remained very low, with no adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher. Only 32.7% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This puts the area well behind most other similar places in the country.
Highest year of school completed.
School completion is low here, with only 32.7% of people finishing Year 12. This is far below the New South Wales rate of 58.9%, and 34.5% of residents left school in Year 9 or earlier.
32.7% —
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Weetaliba splits fairly evenly between Year 9 or below (45%) and Year 12 (43%), with Year 10 at 12%.
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
No adults in the area hold a bachelor's degree or higher, which is far below the Australian average of 26.3%. Instead, the most common qualifications are Certificate III or IV, held by 22.6% of people.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
In Weetaliba, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 70%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 30%.
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, 25.8% studied management and commerce and 22.6% studied education. Engineering and related fields make up another 9.7%.
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of Weetaliba, which is a common situation for about 59% of similar areas.
0
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).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Weetaliba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14231/weetaliba/topic/education