33.2% ▲ +55.8%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.3%
- 2016: 21.8%
- 2021: 33.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Wyangala · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Wyangala
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 26 percentage points separates Wyangala from the state and national average in school completion. Only 33.2% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales and Australian figures. This lack of high school completion is mirrored by a low rate of university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 33.2% of people here completed Year 12, a figure far below the 58.9% seen across New South Wales. Another 33.2% of residents stopped at Year 10, while 14.2% finished Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →Wyangala splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (39%) and Year 10 (39%), with Year 9 or below at 17%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 15.4% of the population, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 32.1% of residents.
15.4% ▲ +86.9%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.3%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 15.4%
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 Wyangala, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 42%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (24%) and Bachelor degree (22%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in Wyangala are most often in Engineering and Management and Commerce, each at 17%. Health is the next most common field at 8.9%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of the area, which is a smaller number of facilities than about 59% of similar areas.
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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
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Wyangala [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14452/wyangala/topic/education