36.1% ▲ +13.8%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.7%
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 36.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Wattle Hill · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Wattle Hill
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer people in Wattle Hill have finished high school or university compared to most other parts of the country. Only 36.1% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This creates a local profile where trade certificates are much more common than university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below both the state and national rates, with only 36.1% of people finishing. About 31.9% of residents stopped at Year 10, and 16.0% left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →Wattle Hill splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (38%) and Year 10 (33%), with Year 9 or below at 17%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The proportion of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is 13.4%, which is far below the Australian average. Instead, the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 44.0% of the population.
13.4% ▲ +34.3%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 13.4%
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 Wattle Hill, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 54%; Bachelor degree is next at 20%.
Field of study
What people studied.
People with qualifications here often specialise in Engineering and related fields, at 19.8%. Other common areas of study include Health at 12.1%, and Management and Commerce and Society and Culture both at 11.0%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of this area, which is a smaller number than about 59% of similar places.
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Lower than 99% 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).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Wattle Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60723/wattle-hill/topic/education