39.3% ▲ +19.7%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.8%
- 2016: 32.5%
- 2021: 39.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Wolumla · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Wolumla
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 20 percentage points separates Wolumla from the state and national figures for Year 12 completion. Only 39.3% of people here finished high school, which is far below the New South Wales average of 58.9%. This marks the area as having much lower school completion rates than most other similar places.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Just 39.3% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. Around 32.8% of the population stopped at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Wolumla, the largest group is Year 12 at 43%, followed by Year 10 (36%) and Year 11 (11%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 14.1% of the population, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 27.8%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 40.5% of people.
14.1% ▲ +39.4%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →In Wolumla, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 49%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (21%) and Bachelor degree (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Engineering and related fields are the most common qualifications at 15.6%, followed by Management and Commerce at 12.6%. Health and Society and Culture both account for 11.5% of degrees.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one government primary school within 3km, and the area has more schools per 1,000 children than most similar places. However, the average school size is 109, which is lower than most areas.
7.25
Higher than 68% 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).
109
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
931
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Wolumla
1 school — 109 students, average ICSEA 931.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Wolumla Public School, Wolumla | Government | Primary | 1.9 km | 109 | 931 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Wolumla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14380/wolumla/topic/education