42.9% ▲ +7.4%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 39.9%
- 2016: 40.6%
- 2021: 42.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
West Wodonga · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in West Wodonga
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 42.9% of residents in West Wodonga have finished Year 12, a figure far below the Victorian average. This lower level of formal schooling is reflected in the qualification data, where university degrees are much less common than in the state and national figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion sits at 42.9%, which is far below the 61.8% seen across Victoria. About 22.8% of people here stopped at Year 10, and 12% left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In West Wodonga, the largest group is Year 12 at 46%, followed by Year 10 (24%) and Year 11 (17%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 13.5% of the population, far below the national figure of 26.3%. The most common high-level qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 40.9% of residents.
13.5% ▲ +20.2%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 13.5%
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 West Wodonga, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 49%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (20%) and Bachelor degree (20%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are management and commerce at 17.5%, followed by engineering and related fields at 15.6%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
West Wodonga has 13 schools within 3 km, which is more than 85% of similar areas. While the average school size of 703 is among the highest for its level, there are only 1.41 schools per 1,000 children, which is much lower than most areas.
1.41
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
13
Higher than 83% 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).
703
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
981
Lower 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 West Wodonga
13 schools — 9,144 students, average ICSEA 981.
By sector: Government 7 · Independent 3 · Catholic 3
By type: Primary 6 · Combined 4 · Secondary 3
| Victory Lutheran College, West Wodonga | Independent | Combined | 2.9 km | 906 | 1,070 |
| Belvoir School, West Wodonga | Government | Combined | 3.9 km | 158 | 934 |
| Catholic College Wodonga, Wodonga | Catholic | Secondary | 4.9 km | 1,229 | 1,054 |
| Melrose Primary School, West Wodonga | Government | Primary | 4.9 km | 338 | 877 |
| St Monica's School, Wodonga | Catholic | Primary | 5.5 km | 511 | 1,040 |
| Wodonga West Primary School, Wodonga | Government | Primary | 5.5 km | 289 | 932 |
| Wodonga Senior Secondary College, Wodonga | Government | Secondary | 6.1 km | 1,348 | 943 |
| St Augustine's School, Wodonga | Catholic | Primary | 6.4 km | 318 | 1,041 |
| Indie School Wodonga, Wodonga | Independent | Secondary | 6.4 km | 1,617 | 946 |
| Wodonga Primary School, Wodonga | Government | Primary | 6.9 km | 869 | 981 |
| Wodonga Middle Years College, Wodonga | Government | Combined | 7.1 km | 996 | 939 |
| Wodonga South Primary School, Wodonga | Government | Primary | 7.8 km | 416 | 937 |
| Grace Christian College Wodonga, Leneva | Independent | Combined | 8.6 km | 149 | 1,036 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in West Wodonga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22758/west-wodonga/topic/education