42.2% ▲ +22.7%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.4%
- 2016: 40.9%
- 2021: 42.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Wickham · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Wickham
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer adults in Wickham hold university degrees than in most other areas. The typical resident is more likely to hold a trade qualification, and significantly fewer people have completed Year 12 compared to the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 42.2% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the 58.8% national figure. For those who did not finish school, 19.5% stopped at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Wickham, Year 12 is the majority at 53%; Year 10 is next at 25%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The area has a lower rate of higher education, with only 10.2% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. Instead, Certificate III or IV qualifications are very common, held by 42.3% of the population.
10.2% ▲ +45.1%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.0%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 10.2%
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 Wickham, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 61%; Bachelor degree is next at 16%.
Field of study
What people studied.
People with qualifications in Wickham are most likely to be trained in engineering and related fields, which account for 28.9% of degrees and certificates.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is only one primary school in the area, which is run by the government. This school has a size of 355 students, though its advantage score is much lower than most other areas.
1.73
Lower than 77% 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).
355
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
905
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Wickham
1 school — 355 students, average ICSEA 905.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Wickham Primary School, Wickham | Government | Primary | 0.8 km | 355 | 905 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Wickham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51601/wickham/topic/education