29.9% ▲ +32.2%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.6%
- 2016: 23.9%
- 2021: 29.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Wells Crossing · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Wells Crossing
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Wells Crossing have finished high school or university than in most other areas. Only 29.9% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Completing Year 12 is much less common here than in most areas, with only 29.9% doing so. This is 29 points lower than both the New South Wales and Australian averages.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Wells Crossing, the largest group is Year 12 at 36%, followed by Year 10 (31%) and Year 9 or below (22%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is rare in the area, as only 5.1% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the national figure of 26.3%, while Certificate III or IV is the most common qualification at 39.2%.
5.1% ▼ -5.2%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.4%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 5.1%
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 Wells Crossing, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 61%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 19%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification are engineering and related subjects at 16.5%, followed by management, commerce, society, and culture at 14.4% each.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of the area, which is a smaller number than about 59% of similar areas.
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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).
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Wells Crossing [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14240/wells-crossing/topic/education