66.5% ▲ +32.4%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 50.2%
- 2016: 57.9%
- 2021: 66.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Wildes Meadow · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Wildes Meadow
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far more residents in Wildes Meadow hold high-level qualifications than in most similar areas. A striking 66.5% of people have completed Year 12, which is well above the national figure of 58.8%. This trend continues into higher education, with a high proportion of adults holding university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is well above the New South Wales average, with 66.5% of residents finishing their final year of school. This is much higher than most areas, while 18.1% of people stopped at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Wildes Meadow, Year 12 is the majority at 71%; Year 10 is next at 19%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is common here, as 35.1% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. This is well above the Australian average of 26.3%, with a quarter of the population holding a bachelor degree specifically.
35.1% ▲ +61.8%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.7%
- 2016: 29.9%
- 2021: 35.1%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Wildes Meadow splits fairly evenly between Bachelor degree (27%) and Certificate III / IV (23%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 22%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification are management and commerce at 20.8%, followed by health at 13.8% and education at 11.9%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The single government primary school within 3km is much smaller than most, with an average size of 30 students. This school has a school advantage score of 1,076, which is much higher than most areas.
1
Lower than 57% 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).
30
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,076
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Wildes Meadow
1 school — 30 students, average ICSEA 1,076.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Burrawang Public School, Burrawang | Government | Primary | 5.4 km | 30 | 1,076 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Wildes Meadow [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14309/wildes-meadow/topic/education