33.2% ▲ +44.5%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.9%
- 2016: 26.4%
- 2021: 33.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Woolomin · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Woolomin
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer residents have completed high school or university in Woolomin compared to most similar areas. Only 33.2% of people here finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This trend carries through to higher education, with a smaller proportion of adults holding degrees than in the rest of the state.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the New South Wales rate of 58.9%, with only 33.2% of residents finishing their final year. Another 33.2% of people stopped after Year 10, while 16.6% left school at Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →Woolomin splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (38%) and Year 10 (38%), with Year 9 or below at 19%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 11.7% of the population, which is far below the Australian figure of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 41.1% of residents.
11.7% ▲ +88.9%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.2%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 11.7%
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 Woolomin, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 56%; Bachelor degree is next at 18%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in this area are spread across several fields, with health (14%) and engineering (13.2%) being the most common, followed by society and culture at 12.4%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Woolomin has a much higher number of schools per 1,000 children than most similar areas, though the local primary school is small with an average of 11 students.
16.39
Higher than 86% 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).
11
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
840
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Woolomin
1 school — 11 students, average ICSEA 840.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Woolomin Public School, Woolomin | Government | Primary | 1.1 km | 11 | 840 |
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Woolomin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14426/woolomin/topic/education