45.2% ▲ +28.1%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.3%
- 2016: 39.4%
- 2021: 45.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Wodonga · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Wodonga
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people have finished high school or university in Wodonga than in the rest of Victoria. Only 45.2% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the state figure of 61.8%. This pattern of lower formal qualifications extends into higher education, where the proportion of adults with a bachelor degree is much lower than the national average.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion sits at 45.2%, which is far below the 58.8% national figure. About 22.2% of residents finished school at Year 10, while 11.7% left at Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Wodonga, the largest group is Year 12 at 48%, followed by Year 10 (24%) and Year 11 (15%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 16.1% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, far below the Victorian average of 29.2%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 37.6% of the population.
16.1% ▲ +56.0%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 16.1%
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 Wodonga, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 45%, followed by Bachelor degree (21%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (20%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common areas of study for qualified residents are management and commerce at 16.5%, followed by engineering at 13.8% and society and culture at 13.4%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Wodonga has schools that are much larger than most areas, with an average size of 615 students. There are 19 schools within 3km, though there are fewer schools per 1,000 children than in most similar areas.
2.07
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
19
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).
615
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
982
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 Wodonga
19 schools — 11,689 students, average ICSEA 982.
By sector: Government 10 · Independent 5 · Catholic 4
By type: Primary 10 · Combined 5 · Secondary 4
| Wodonga Senior Secondary College, Wodonga | Government | Secondary | 0.3 km | 1,348 | 943 |
| Wodonga West Primary School, Wodonga | Government | Primary | 0.6 km | 289 | 932 |
| Wodonga Primary School, Wodonga | Government | Primary | 0.8 km | 869 | 981 |
| St Monica's School, Wodonga | Catholic | Primary | 0.9 km | 511 | 1,040 |
| Wodonga Middle Years College, Wodonga | Government | Combined | 0.9 km | 996 | 939 |
| Indie School Wodonga, Wodonga | Independent | Secondary | 1.1 km | 1,617 | 946 |
| St Augustine's School, Wodonga | Catholic | Primary | 1.2 km | 318 | 1,041 |
| Catholic College Wodonga, Wodonga | Catholic | Secondary | 1.9 km | 1,229 | 1,054 |
| Wodonga South Primary School, Wodonga | Government | Primary | 1.9 km | 416 | 937 |
| Melrose Primary School, West Wodonga | Government | Primary | 2.0 km | 338 | 877 |
| Belvoir School, West Wodonga | Government | Combined | 2.5 km | 158 | 934 |
| Victory Lutheran College, West Wodonga | Independent | Combined | 3.4 km | 906 | 1,070 |
| Grace Christian College Wodonga, Leneva | Independent | Combined | 3.5 km | 149 | 1,036 |
| Indie School Albury, Albury | Independent | Secondary | 4.9 km | 872 | 888 |
| Bandiana Primary School, Bandiana | Government | Primary | 5.0 km | 280 | 1,000 |
| Albury West Public School, Albury | Government | Primary | 5.5 km | 165 | 918 |
| St Patrick's Parish School, Albury | Catholic | Primary | 5.5 km | 501 | 1,069 |
| Aspect Riverina School, Albury | Independent | Combined | 5.6 km | 90 | 1,011 |
| Albury Public School, Albury | Government | Primary | 5.8 km | 637 | 1,049 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Wodonga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22819/wodonga/topic/education