23.4% ▲ +18.9%
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.7%
- 2016: 20.1%
- 2021: 23.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Weethalle · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Weethalle
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Few residents in Weethalle have completed high school, with only 23.4% finishing Year 12. This gap in formal schooling is reflected in a workforce where very few adults hold university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 23.4% of people finished Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. The most common highest year of school completed is Year 10 at 33.2%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Weethalle, the largest group is Year 10 at 42%, followed by Year 12 (30%) and Year 9 or below (21%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
A bachelor degree or higher is held by just 4.9% of adults, far below the national figure of 26.3%. Instead, the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 33.6% of residents.
4.9% ▲ +8.5%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 4.9%
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 Weethalle, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 63%; Bachelor degree is next at 17%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are Management and Commerce at 14.3%, followed by Engineering and Agriculture and Environment, both at 9.2%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Local schooling is provided by a single government primary school. While there are many schools per 1,000 children, the average school size is very small at just 9 students.
24.39
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
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.
900
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Weethalle
1 school — 9 students, average ICSEA 900.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Weethalle Public School, Weethalle | Government | Primary | 3.7 km | 9 | 900 |
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Weethalle [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14232/weethalle/topic/education