27.4% ▲ +27.0%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.6%
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 27.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Woodburn · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Woodburn
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Just 27.4% of Woodburn residents finished Year 12, a figure far below the national average. This reflects a local trend where many adults leave school early, resulting in a community with much lower rates of university degrees than most of Australia.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 27.4% of people completed Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. The most common highest year of schooling here is Year 10, reached by 34.6% of residents.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Woodburn, the largest group is Year 10 at 42%, followed by Year 12 (33%) and Year 9 or below (15%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 8.9% of the population, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. Instead, the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 39.9% of people.
8.9% ▲ +62.0%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 8.9%
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 Woodburn, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 58%; Bachelor degree is next at 18%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are Engineering and related studies at 15.6%, followed by Society and Culture at 11.5%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Woodburn has 14.18 schools per 1,000 children, which is much higher than most areas. There are three schools within 3km, and two-thirds of these are government primary schools.
14.18
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
3
Higher than 67% 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).
237
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
954
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Woodburn
3 schools — 711 students, average ICSEA 954.
By sector: Government 2 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 2 · Combined 1
| Woodburn Public School, Woodburn | Government | Primary | 2.8 km | 97 | 922 |
| St Joseph's Primary School, Woodburn | Catholic | Primary | 3.2 km | 83 | 984 |
| Evans River Community School, Evans Head | Government | Combined | 6.9 km | 531 | 955 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Woodburn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14397/woodburn/topic/education