CensusAtlas

Womboota · Suburb / Locality

Education & Qualifications in Womboota

How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.

More residents in Womboota have completed Year 12 and hold university degrees than in most similar areas. Despite this, the community remains well below the New South Wales and national figures for these achievements, with just 19.4% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher.

Open map →
📍 Womboota, Suburb / Locality

Where Womboota sits — Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

19.4% —

All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Womboota — higher than 66% of areas.

Womboota19.4%
2731, NSW 14.2%
New South Wales 27.8%
Australia 26.3%

Schooling

Highest year of school completed.

About half of residents have finished Year 12, which is higher than most similar areas. However, this 50.8% figure is well below the New South Wales and Australian averages.

Completed Year 12

View on map →

50.8% —

Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.

Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.

Highest year of school

View on map →

In Womboota, the largest group is Year 12 at 49%, followed by Year 10 (23%) and Year 11 (17%).

Year 12 50.8% Year 10 23.8% Year 11 17.5% Year 9 or below 11.1%

Qualifications

Post-school qualifications and degrees.

Nearly one in five adults holds a bachelor degree or higher, a result that is higher than most similar areas but well below the national figure. Most qualified residents hold a bachelor degree (31.7%) or a Certificate III or IV (24.4%).

Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

View on map →

19.4% —

Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.

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 Womboota, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 39%, followed by Certificate III / IV (30%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (21%).

Bachelor degree 31.7% Certificate III / IV 24.4% Advanced diploma / diploma 17.1% Certificate I / II 7.3%

Field of study

What people studied.

Qualifications are spread across several fields, with society and culture being the most common at 24.4%, followed by engineering and agriculture and environment both at 22.0%.

Field of qualification

View on map →

Womboota splits fairly evenly between Society & culture (26%) and Engineering & related (24%), with Agriculture & environment at 24%.

Society & culture 24.4% Engineering & related 22.0% Agriculture & environment 22.0% Management & commerce 17.1% Health 7.3%

Schools

Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).

There are no schools within 3 km of the area, which is a smaller number than about 59% of similar areas.

Schools within 3 km

View on map →

0

Lower than 99% 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).

Schools in and around Womboota — hover a marker for details. Open the full map →

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
  • Australian Schools List — Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), 2025 (CC BY 4.0).

More for Womboota

Full area profile →

Cite this page

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Womboota [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14385/womboota/topic/education