36.7% ▼ -34.6%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 56.0%
- 2016: 46.0%
- 2021: 36.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Wellstead · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Wellstead
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Educational attainment in Wellstead has remained steady, with only 37% of residents completing Year 12. This is far below the national figure of 59%, meaning most adults in the area left school earlier than is typical for Australians.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 36.7% of people finished Year 12, which is far below the state average of 58%. Other common highest levels of schooling include Year 10 at 23.3% and Year 11 at 13.3%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Wellstead, the largest group is Year 12 at 44%, followed by Year 10 (28%) and Year 11 (16%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 8.3% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far below the Australian average of 26.3%. The most common qualification here is a Certificate III or IV, held by 40% of the population.
8.3% ▼ -36.1%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 8.3%
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 Wellstead, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 76%; Bachelor degree is next at 24%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, a quarter studied management and commerce, while 22.5% studied engineering and related fields.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one government primary school within 3km of the area. It is much smaller than most similar schools, with an average size of just 28 students.
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).
28
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,000
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 Wellstead
1 school — 28 students, average ICSEA 1,000.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Wellstead Primary School, Wellstead | Government | Primary | 10.7 km | 28 | 1,000 |
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Wellstead [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51562/wellstead/topic/education