67.0% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 62.1%
- 2021: 67.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Wheeler Heights · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Wheeler Heights
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Highly educated residents shape daily life in Wheeler Heights, where 67% of people have completed Year 12. This is well above the national figure of 58.8%, marking it as a place with a strong emphasis on learning and schooling.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Completing Year 12 is much more common here than in most other areas, with 67% of residents reaching this milestone compared to 58.9% across New South Wales.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Wheeler Heights, Year 12 is the majority at 69%; Year 10 is next at 20%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Around 27.6% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is much higher than most areas and a little above the Australian average of 26.3%.
27.6% —
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 27.6%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Wheeler Heights splits fairly evenly between Bachelor degree (33%) and Certificate III / IV (30%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 22%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Common fields of study for residents include management and commerce at 24.3%, followed by engineering and related subjects at 12.8%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has an average school advantage score of 1,109, which is among the highest at this level, and residents have access to 21 schools within 3 km.
2.77
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
21
Higher than 87% 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).
584
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,109
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Wheeler Heights
21 schools — 12,257 students, average ICSEA 1,109.
By sector: Government 12 · Independent 5 · Catholic 4
By type: Primary 14 · Combined 5 · Secondary 2
| Wheeler Heights Public School, Collaroy Plateau | Government | Primary | 0.3 km | 430 | 1,086 |
| St Rose Catholic Primary School, Collaroy Plateau | Catholic | Primary | 0.5 km | 227 | 1,149 |
| Northern Beaches Secondary College Cromer Campus, Cromer | Government | Secondary | 1.1 km | 1,157 | 1,056 |
| Cromer Public School, Cromer | Government | Primary | 1.2 km | 468 | 1,091 |
| Collaroy Plateau Public School, Collaroy Plateau | Government | Primary | 1.2 km | 452 | 1,109 |
| Pittwater House Schools, Collaroy | Independent | Combined | 1.6 km | 1,002 | 1,158 |
| Narrabeen Lakes Public School, Narrabeen | Government | Primary | 1.7 km | 364 | 1,091 |
| Fisher Road School, Dee Why | Government | Combined | 2.1 km | 62 | 1,050 |
| Karuna Montessori School, Narraweena | Independent | Primary | 2.2 km | 4 | — |
| Dee Why Public School, Dee Why | Government | Primary | 2.3 km | 478 | 1,028 |
| Narraweena Public School, Narraweena | Government | Primary | 2.4 km | 511 | 1,059 |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Narrabeen | Catholic | Primary | 2.4 km | 195 | 1,102 |
| St John the Apostle Catholic Primary School, Narraweena | Catholic | Primary | 2.5 km | 247 | 1,091 |
| Elanora Heights Public School, Elanora Heights | Government | Primary | 2.8 km | 387 | 1,087 |
| St Kevin's Catholic Primary School, Dee Why | Catholic | Primary | 3.0 km | 178 | 1,085 |
| Beacon Hill Public School, Beacon Hill | Government | Primary | 3.2 km | 459 | 1,099 |
| Oxford Falls Grammar School, Oxford Falls | Independent | Combined | 3.4 km | 1,201 | 1,137 |
| Narrabeen Sports High School, North Narrabeen | Government | Secondary | 3.4 km | 794 | 1,042 |
| St Luke's Grammar School, Dee Why | Independent | Combined | 3.5 km | 1,481 | 1,178 |
| Narrabeen North Public School, North Narrabeen | Government | Primary | 3.5 km | 580 | 1,076 |
| St Augustine's College Sydney, Brookvale | Independent | Combined | 3.6 km | 1,580 | 1,141 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Wheeler Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14285/wheeler-heights/topic/education