37.2% ▲ +21.9%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.5%
- 2016: 41.1%
- 2021: 37.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Wongarbon · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Wongarbon
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 37.2% of residents in Wongarbon finished Year 12, which is far below the state and national figures. This lack of high school completion is a defining feature of the area's education profile. While some adults hold university degrees, the overall level of formal schooling is much lower than in most other regions.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the New South Wales average of 58.9%. Many residents left school earlier, with 32.9% reaching Year 10 and another 13.7% finishing Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →Wongarbon splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (40%) and Year 10 (36%), with Year 9 or below at 15%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 13.1% of the population, which is far below the Australian figure of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 44.1% of people.
13.1% ▲ +23.3%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 13.1%
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 Wongarbon, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 55%; Bachelor degree is next at 21%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Those with higher qualifications in the area have studied a variety of fields, with Management and Commerce (17.1%) and Engineering (16.8%) being the most common.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has a small government primary school, which is much smaller than most other schools in similar areas. This single school serves the local children and has an advantage score lower than most areas.
4.74
Higher than 58% 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).
42
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
973
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Wongarbon
1 school — 42 students, average ICSEA 973.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Wongarbon Public School, Wongarbon | Government | Primary | 6.1 km | 42 | 973 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Wongarbon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14391/wongarbon/topic/education