49.4% ▲ +15.4%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 42.9%
- 2016: 43.6%
- 2021: 49.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Windradyne · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Windradyne
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Nearly half of residents in Windradyne finished Year 12, though this is well below the national figure of 58.8%. While the area has more qualified adults than many similar places, it still lags behind New South Wales and Australia in both school completions and university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 49.4% of people completed Year 12, which is higher than most similar areas but well below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. Another 26.7% finished Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Windradyne, Year 12 is the majority at 53%; Year 10 is next at 28%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 18.6% of the population, a figure well below the Australian average of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 36.4% of residents.
18.6% ▲ +42.6%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 15.7%
- 2021: 18.6%
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 Windradyne, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 44%, followed by Bachelor degree (25%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (17%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in Windradyne are most common in management and commerce at 17.9%, followed by engineering and related fields at 14.0% and society and culture at 13.7%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Eight schools are located within 3 km, which is more than 80% of similar areas. These schools are typically larger than average, with the majority being government primary schools.
8
Higher than 77% 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).
479
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
989
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Windradyne
8 schools — 3,828 students, average ICSEA 989.
By sector: Government 5 · Catholic 2 · Independent 1
By type: Primary 5 · Secondary 2 · Combined 1
| Bathurst West Public School, Bathurst | Government | Primary | 1.5 km | 515 | 927 |
| The Assumption Catholic Primary School Bathurst, Bathurst | Catholic | Primary | 2.2 km | 393 | 1,031 |
| Denison College of Secondary Education, Bathurst High Campus, Bathurst | Government | Secondary | 2.5 km | 917 | 963 |
| Bathurst Public School, Bathurst | Government | Primary | 3.0 km | 424 | 983 |
| Carenne School, Bathurst | Government | Combined | 3.0 km | 97 | 908 |
| Eglinton Public School, Eglinton | Government | Primary | 3.2 km | 406 | 986 |
| Cathedral Catholic Primary School Bathurst, Bathurst | Catholic | Primary | 3.2 km | 363 | 1,036 |
| St Stanislaus' College, Bathurst | Independent | Secondary | 3.5 km | 713 | 1,038 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Windradyne [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14342/windradyne/topic/education