20.0% —
Lower than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Weismantels · Suburb / Locality
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people have finished high school in Weismantels compared to the rest of the country. Only 20% of residents completed Year 12, which is a massive 39 percentage point gap below the national figure.
Highest year of school completed.
Completing Year 12 is among the lowest for this kind of area, with only 20% of people reaching that level. Instead, the most common highest year of schooling reached here is Year 10, at 32%.
20.0% —
Lower than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
In Weismantels, Year 10 is the majority at 62%; Year 12 is next at 38%.
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is also less common, with only 12% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below both the New South Wales and national figures.
12.0% —
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
In Weismantels, Bachelor degree is the majority at 100%.
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Natural & physical sciences at 0%, ahead of Information technology (0%).
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools located within 3 km of the area, a situation that is more common than in about 59% of similar places.
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 Weismantels [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14234/weismantels/topic/education