39.9% ▲ +35.6%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.4%
- 2016: 33.4%
- 2021: 39.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Wyong · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Wyong
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer people in Wyong have completed high school than in most similar areas. Only 39.9% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This gap in early schooling is reflected in the number of adults with a university degree, which is also much lower than the state average.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion sits at 39.9%, far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. About 29.5% of residents stopped after Year 10, while 14.5% left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Wyong, the largest group is Year 12 at 44%, followed by Year 10 (33%) and Year 9 or below (16%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 12.8% of the population, which is far below the Australian average of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 34% of residents.
12.8% ▲ +58.8%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 12.8%
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 Wyong, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 45%, followed by Bachelor degree (22%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (20%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification are management and commerce at 16.1%, followed by engineering at 13.3% and society and culture at 12.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Wyong has 15 schools within 3km, which is more than 86% of similar areas. These schools are typically much larger than most, with an average size of 616 students.
4.42
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
15
Higher than 86% 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).
616
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
999
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Wyong
15 schools — 9,247 students, average ICSEA 999.
By sector: Government 10 · Catholic 3 · Independent 2
By type: Primary 8 · Combined 5 · Secondary 2
| Wyong Public School, Wyong | Government | Primary | 0.9 km | 433 | 931 |
| Wyong High School, Wyong | Government | Secondary | 1.2 km | 674 | 946 |
| St Cecilia's Catholic Primary School, Wyong | Catholic | Primary | 1.4 km | 335 | 1,022 |
| Wyong Christian Community School, Wyong | Independent | Combined | 1.4 km | 904 | 1,057 |
| HopeTown School, Wyong | Government | Combined | 1.7 km | 43 | 797 |
| Tacoma Public School, Tacoma | Government | Primary | 2.7 km | 186 | 938 |
| St Peter's Catholic College, Tuggerah | Catholic | Secondary | 3.0 km | 1,078 | 1,045 |
| Wadalba Community School, Wadalba | Government | Combined | 3.8 km | 1,414 | 941 |
| Tuggerah Public School, Tuggerah | Government | Primary | 4.1 km | 359 | 993 |
| Porters Creek Public School, Warnervale | Government | Primary | 4.1 km | 317 | 988 |
| Lakes Grammar - An Anglican School, Warnervale | Independent | Combined | 4.3 km | 796 | 1,054 |
| Warnervale Public School, Hamlyn Terrace | Government | Primary | 4.7 km | 442 | 979 |
| Tuggerawong Public School, Tuggerawong | Government | Primary | 5.1 km | 208 | 953 |
| Kanwal Public School, Kanwal | Government | Primary | 5.4 km | 500 | 942 |
| MacKillop Catholic College, Woongarrah | Catholic | Combined | 5.4 km | 1,558 | 1,042 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Wyong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14464/wyong/topic/education