44.6% ▲ +35.0%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.0%
- 2016: 38.7%
- 2021: 44.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Woollamia · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Woollamia
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Woollamia finished high school than the national figure, with only 44.6% completing Year 12. While a fair number of adults hold university degrees, the area generally sits well below the state and national averages for formal education.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 44.6% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the 58.9% seen across New South Wales. Nearly 30% of the population had Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Woollamia, the largest group is Year 12 at 47%, followed by Year 10 (31%) and Year 9 or below (14%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
About one in five adults holds a bachelor degree or higher, which is more common than in most similar areas, though still well below the national figure of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 41.7% of residents.
19.9% ▲ +53.0%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 19.9%
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 Woollamia, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 48%, followed by Bachelor degree (22%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (16%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification are engineering and related subjects at 19.4%, followed by management and commerce at 12.5%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one government primary school within 3km of the area. This school is smaller than most, with an average size of 163 students.
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).
163
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,004
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Woollamia
1 school — 163 students, average ICSEA 1,004.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Huskisson Public School, Huskisson | Government | Primary | 3.6 km | 163 | 1,004 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Woollamia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14423/woollamia/topic/education