45.2% —
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 41.0%
- 2021: 45.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Wooyung · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Wooyung
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 14 percentage points separates Wooyung from the state and national figures for Year 12 completion. While 45.2% of residents finished school, a higher than usual number of adults hold bachelor degrees or higher compared to similar areas.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Less than half of residents, 45.2%, have completed Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales and Australian figures. About 26.6% of the population finished Year 10, while 12.9% left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Wooyung, the largest group is Year 12 at 50%, followed by Year 10 (29%) and Year 9 or below (14%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Typical qualifications are well below state and national levels, with 21.0% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 33.3% of residents.
21.0% —
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 21.0%
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 Wooyung, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 44%, followed by Bachelor degree (28%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (13%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Health is the most common field of study for qualified residents at 12.9%, followed by architecture and building at 11.8% and education at 10.8%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Three primary schools serve the area, which is more than 70% of similar places. These schools have a much higher average advantage score than most areas, with 66.7% being government-run.
3
Higher than 67% 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).
235
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,070
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Wooyung
3 schools — 704 students, average ICSEA 1,070.
By sector: Government 2 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 3
| Crabbes Creek Public School, Crabbes Creek | Government | Primary | 3.7 km | 37 | 985 |
| Ocean Shores Public School, Ocean Shores | Government | Primary | 4.5 km | 294 | 1,051 |
| St Ambrose Catholic Primary School, Pottsville | Catholic | Primary | 7.1 km | 373 | 1,094 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Wooyung [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14436/wooyung/topic/education