44.3% ▲ +38.3%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.0%
- 2016: 33.1%
- 2021: 44.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Wyndham · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Wyndham
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people have finished high school in Wyndham compared to the rest of the state. Only 44.3% of residents completed Year 12, which is 15 percentage points lower than the New South Wales and national figures. This gap in basic schooling is reflected in the lower number of residents holding higher degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the state and national figures at 44.3%. Many residents left school earlier, with 23.5% finishing Year 10 and 16.5% completing Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Wyndham, Year 12 is the majority at 50%; Year 10 is next at 27%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is less common here, with bachelor degrees or higher held by 17% of adults, well below the Australian figure of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 36% of people.
17.0% ▲ +32.5%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 17.0%
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 Wyndham, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 49%, followed by Bachelor degree (24%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (17%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are Engineering and related studies at 14.2%, followed by Architecture and building at 11.7%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Wyndham has a high number of schools per 1,000 children, though the local primary school is much smaller than most other areas with an average size of 27 students.
17.54
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).
27
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
935
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Wyndham
1 school — 27 students, average ICSEA 935.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Wyndham Public School, Wyndham | Government | Primary | 1.4 km | 27 | 935 |
Sources
More for Wyndham
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Wyndham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14461/wyndham/topic/education