31.6% ▲ +33.1%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.8%
- 2016: 29.4%
- 2021: 31.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Wooli · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Wooli
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 31.6% of residents in Wooli completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This gap is a defining feature of the area's education profile. While a fair few adults hold university degrees, the typical person here left school earlier than most Australians.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the state and national figures. In fact, the most common highest year of schooling is Year 10, finished by 38.1% of residents.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Wooli, the largest group is Year 10 at 40%, followed by Year 12 (33%) and Year 9 or below (19%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 12.6% of the population, which is far below the New South Wales average. Trade qualifications are more common, with 41.4% of people holding a Certificate III or IV.
12.6% ▲ +33.2%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 12.6%
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 Wooli, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 53%; Bachelor degree is next at 21%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common qualifications are in Engineering and related fields at 17.5%. Education and Management and Commerce are also frequent, each at 12.2%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Wooli has a very high number of schools per child, though the average school size is much lower than most areas. The local primary school is government-run and has a higher advantage score than most similar schools.
20.00
Higher than 88% 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).
29
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,021
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Wooli
1 school — 29 students, average ICSEA 1,021.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Wooli Public School, Wooli | Government | Primary | 5.2 km | 29 | 1,021 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Wooli [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14421/wooli/topic/education