44.6% ▲ +8.8%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 40.9%
- 2016: 35.9%
- 2021: 44.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Woodstock · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Woodstock
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer residents in Woodstock have completed high school compared to the rest of the state. Only 44.6% of people have finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This suggests a local workforce with a higher proportion of people who left school early.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion sits at 44.6%, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. About 28.7% of residents stopped their schooling at Year 10, while 8.4% finished Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Woodstock, Year 12 is the majority at 53%; Year 10 is next at 34%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are less common here, with only 16.3% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher, far below the Australian average of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 27% of people.
16.3% ▼ -0.4%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.3%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 16.3%
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 Woodstock, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 40%, followed by Bachelor degree (27%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (20%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across several fields, with Health and Management & commerce both at 12.8%, followed by Education at 12.1%. Engineering and related studies account for 9.9% of qualifications.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Woodstock has five schools within 3km, which is more than about 75% of similar areas. These schools are typically larger than most, with an average size of 568 students, and 80% are government-run.
5
Higher than 73% 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).
568
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
999
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Woodstock
5 schools — 2,840 students, average ICSEA 999.
By sector: Government 4 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 3 · Combined 1 · Secondary 1
| Budawang School, Milton | Government | Combined | 4.7 km | 44 | 909 |
| Milton Public School, Milton | Government | Primary | 5.0 km | 823 | 1,024 |
| St Mary's Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School, Milton | Catholic | Primary | 5.1 km | 125 | 1,044 |
| Ulladulla Public School, Ulladulla | Government | Primary | 5.7 km | 689 | 978 |
| Ulladulla High School, Ulladulla | Government | Secondary | 5.8 km | 1,159 | 993 |
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Woodstock [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14414/woodstock/topic/education