45.2% ▲ +35.7%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.3%
- 2016: 37.2%
- 2021: 45.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Woolgoolga · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Woolgoolga
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Woolgoolga sits around the middle of similar areas for its education levels, though it trails behind state and national figures. Only 45.2% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales average of 58.9%. This trend is reflected in the higher proportion of adults without university degrees compared to the rest of the country.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Far fewer people here finished Year 12 compared to the national figure, with 45.2% completing their schooling. About 28% of residents stopped after Year 10, while 13.2% left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Woolgoolga, the largest group is Year 12 at 49%, followed by Year 10 (30%) and Year 9 or below (14%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are less common in Woolgoolga, where 16.6% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. This is well below the Australian average of 26.3%, with Certificate III or IV being the most common qualification at 31.1%.
16.6% ▲ +73.4%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 16.6%
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 Woolgoolga, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 39%, followed by Bachelor degree (26%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (22%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most frequent fields of study for qualified residents are management and commerce at 15.1%, followed by engineering and related fields at 11.9% and society and culture at 11.8%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Local schools are larger than those in most similar areas, with an average size of 416 students. There are five schools within 3km of the centre, and 80% of these are government primary schools.
3.11
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
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).
416
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
990
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Woolgoolga
5 schools — 2,081 students, average ICSEA 990.
By sector: Government 4 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 4 · Secondary 1
| Woolgoolga High School, Woolgoolga | Government | Secondary | 2.5 km | 867 | 969 |
| Mullaway Public School, Mullaway | Government | Primary | 3.0 km | 266 | 1,033 |
| Woolgoolga Public School, Woolgoolga | Government | Primary | 3.7 km | 349 | 965 |
| St Francis Xavier Primary School, Woolgoolga | Catholic | Primary | 4.2 km | 263 | 1,071 |
| Sandy Beach Public School, Sandy Beach | Government | Primary | 6.9 km | 336 | 973 |
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Woolgoolga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14420/woolgoolga/topic/education