33.3% ▲ +14.0%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.2%
- 2016: 28.5%
- 2021: 33.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Woombah · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Woombah
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer people in Woombah have finished high school or university compared to most other areas. Only 33.3% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This pattern of lower formal schooling is reflected in the number of adults with a degree.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Just 33.3% of people here completed Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales average of 58.9%. The most common highest year of school completed is Year 10, at 36.0%.
Highest year of school
View on map →Woombah splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (40%) and Year 12 (37%), with Year 9 or below at 15%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are less common here than in most areas, with only 10.9% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the 26.3% national figure. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 42.8% of residents.
10.9% ▲ +39.9%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.8%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 10.9%
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 Woombah, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 58%; Bachelor degree is next at 17%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are Engineering and related subjects at 16.8%, followed by Health and Management and commerce, both at 10.8%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools located within 3 km of the area, which is a smaller number of facilities than about 59% of similar areas.
0
Lower than 99% 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).
Sources
More for Woombah
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Woombah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14432/woombah/topic/education