34.2% ▲ +12.7%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.3%
- 2016: 33.2%
- 2021: 34.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Woodside · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Woodside
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Education levels in Woodside have remained low compared to the rest of the country. Only 34.2% of residents have finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This gap is reflected in the number of adults with university degrees, which is also much lower than in most other areas.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 34.2% of people here completed Year 12, which is far below the Victorian average of 61.8%. Other common highest levels of schooling include Year 11 at 21.2% and Year 10 at 19.6%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Woodside, the largest group is Year 12 at 38%, followed by Year 11 (23%) and Year 10 (22%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 11.9% of the population, far below the 26.3% national figure. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 36.5% of residents.
11.9% ▲ +79.1%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.7%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 11.9%
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 Woodside, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 51%; Bachelor degree is next at 20%.
Field of study
What people studied.
People with qualifications in Woodside most often studied engineering and related fields (16.9%), followed by education at 11.6% and society and culture at 11.1%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has a high number of schools per 1,000 children, though the average school size is much lower than in most areas. There is only one school within 3km, which is a government primary school.
22.73
Higher than 90% 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).
47
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,014
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Woodside
1 school — 47 students, average ICSEA 1,014.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Woodside Primary School, Woodside | Government | Primary | 4.1 km | 47 | 1,014 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Woodside [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22841/woodside/topic/education