26.4% ▲ +21.9%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.7%
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 26.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Wentworth · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Wentworth
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Much lower levels of formal schooling than most similar areas mark Wentworth, where only 26.4% of residents have finished Year 12. This gap is stark compared to the national figure of 58.8%, reflecting a community where few adults have attained high-level academic degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 26.4% of people here completed Year 12, which is far below the 58.9% seen across New South Wales. This is among the lowest rates for this level of schooling in the region.
Highest year of school
View on map →Wentworth splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (32%) and Year 10 (30%), with Year 9 or below at 23%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up just 8.6% of the population, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. Instead, the most common top qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 32.3% of residents.
8.6% ▲ +47.7%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 8.6%
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 Wentworth, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 51%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 20%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification include Engineering and related subjects at 12.1%, followed by Management and commerce at 10.0% and Health at 9.6%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
All three local schools are government-run primary schools, though they are much smaller than most areas with an average size of 50 students. The average school advantage score of 899 is also much lower than in most similar areas.
4.88
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
3
Higher than 67% 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).
50
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
899
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 Wentworth
3 schools — 149 students, average ICSEA 899.
By sector: Government 3
By type: Primary 3
| Palinyewah Public School, Ellerslie | Government | Primary | 5.3 km | 20 | 967 |
| Pomona Public School, Pomona | Government | Primary | 23.2 km | 19 | 929 |
| Wentworth Public School, Wentworth | Government | Primary | 29.2 km | 110 | 881 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Wentworth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14242/wentworth/topic/education