35.5% ▲ +36.9%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.9%
- 2016: 34.0%
- 2021: 35.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Wahgunyah · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Wahgunyah
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Just 35.5% of residents in Wahgunyah have completed Year 12, a figure that is far below the Victorian average. This low rate of school completion is mirrored in the qualifications data, where higher education degrees are also much less common than in most other areas.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the national figure of 58.8%, with 24.7% of people having Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Wahgunyah, the largest group is Year 12 at 38%, followed by Year 10 (26%) and Year 11 (19%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 10% of the population, which is far below the Victorian rate of 29.2%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 43.8% of adults.
10.0% ▲ +47.6%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 10.0%
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 Wahgunyah, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 55%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 19%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification in the area are Engineering and related fields at 17.3%, followed by Management and commerce at 15.5%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are 6 schools within 3 km of the area, providing a higher number of schools per 1,000 children than most similar places. Most of these are primary schools and run by the government.
5.75
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
6
Higher than 74% 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).
143
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
985
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Wahgunyah
6 schools — 855 students, average ICSEA 985.
By sector: Government 4 · Catholic 2
By type: Primary 5 · Secondary 1
| Wahgunyah Primary School, Wahgunyah | Government | Primary | 2.3 km | 92 | 989 |
| Corowa Public School, Corowa | Government | Primary | 2.5 km | 162 | 957 |
| St Mary's Primary School, Corowa | Catholic | Primary | 3.0 km | 166 | 1,026 |
| Corowa High School, Corowa | Government | Secondary | 3.7 km | 291 | 975 |
| Corowa South Public School, Corowa | Government | Primary | 4.4 km | 40 | 946 |
| St Mary's School, Rutherglen | Catholic | Primary | 6.5 km | 104 | 1,004 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Wahgunyah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22644/wahgunyah/topic/education