36.5% ▲ +25.9%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.0%
- 2016: 29.8%
- 2021: 36.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Windellama · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Windellama
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Education levels in Windellama have remained fairly steady, though the area sees far fewer people finishing high school than the national average. Only 36.5% of residents completed Year 12, leaving a significant gap compared to the rest of the country.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion is far below the New South Wales and Australian figures, with 36.5% of people finishing Year 12. Other residents' highest years of schooling are more split, with 28.1% reaching Year 10 and 11.9% finishing Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Windellama, the largest group is Year 12 at 43%, followed by Year 10 (33%) and Year 9 or below (14%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
About 12.7% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the national figure. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 34.4% of the population.
12.7% ▲ +29.6%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 12.7%
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 Windellama, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 47%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (23%) and Bachelor degree (20%).
Field of study
What people studied.
People with qualifications in this area often study Engineering and related fields, which account for 22.9% of degrees. Management and commerce follow at 14.1%, and society and culture at 11.0%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has a high number of schools per 1,000 children, though the average school size is very small at just 13 students. The only school in the area is a government primary school.
15.38
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
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).
13
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
905
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 Windellama
1 school — 13 students, average ICSEA 905.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Windellama Public School, Goulburn | Government | Primary | 9.0 km | 13 | 905 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Windellama [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14336/windellama/topic/education