39.3% ▲ +36.2%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 29.9%
- 2021: 39.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Welby · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Welby
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 39.3% of residents in Welby completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This gap extends to higher education, where the proportion of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is also much lower than the state and national averages.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Schooling levels are far below the state and national figures, with only 39.3% of people finishing Year 12. About 31.7% of residents stopped after Year 10, and 15% left school at Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Welby, the largest group is Year 12 at 42%, followed by Year 10 (34%) and Year 9 or below (16%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 14.5% of the population, which is far below the New South Wales average of 27.8%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 43% of residents.
14.5% ▲ +58.6%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 14.5%
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 Welby, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 51%; Bachelor degree is next at 19%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in Welby are spread across several fields, with Engineering and Management and Commerce both accounting for 14.8% of degrees, followed by Society and Culture at 14%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are five schools within 3km, more than about 75% of similar areas. These schools have an average advantage score of 1,053, which is much higher than most areas.
5
Higher than 73% 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).
242
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,053
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Welby
5 schools — 1,212 students, average ICSEA 1,053.
By sector: Independent 2 · Government 2 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 3 · Secondary 1 · Combined 1
| Frensham Junior School, Mittagong | Independent | Primary | 1.6 km | 103 | 1,157 |
| Mittagong Public School, Mittagong | Government | Primary | 1.8 km | 536 | 992 |
| St Michael's Catholic Primary School, Mittagong | Catholic | Primary | 2.2 km | 180 | 1,035 |
| Frensham School, Mittagong | Independent | Secondary | 2.7 km | 345 | 1,137 |
| Tangara School, Mittagong | Government | Combined | 4.0 km | 48 | 971 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Welby [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14236/welby/topic/education