83.6% ▲ +12.1%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 74.6%
- 2016: 77.7%
- 2021: 83.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Watson · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Watson
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
High academic achievement defines Watson, where more than half of all adults hold a university degree. This trend of strong educational attainment is reflected in the local schooling results, which are far above the national average.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is very high at 83.6%, which is well above the ACT figure of 77.0% and far above the national rate of 58.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Watson, Year 12 is the majority at 87%; Year 10 is next at 7%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University qualifications are common here, with 55.6% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far above the 42.9% seen across the ACT and the 26.3% national average.
55.6% ▲ +18.5%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 46.9%
- 2016: 48.7%
- 2021: 55.6%
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 Watson, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 39%, followed by Postgraduate degree (29%) and Certificate III / IV (11%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common qualifications are in society and culture (26.5%) and management and commerce (15.8%), followed by education, engineering, and the sciences.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Local schools are larger than most, with an average size of 652 students. While there are 14 schools within 3km, the number of schools per 1,000 children is much lower than in similar areas.
1.48
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
14
Higher than 84% 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).
652
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,129
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Watson
14 schools — 9,122 students, average ICSEA 1,129.
By sector: Government 7 · Independent 4 · Catholic 3
By type: Primary 6 · Secondary 5 · Combined 3
| Majura Primary School, Watson | Government | Primary | 0.5 km | 675 | 1,135 |
| Rosary Primary School, Watson | Catholic | Primary | 1.2 km | 369 | 1,121 |
| Dickson College, Dickson | Government | Secondary | 1.6 km | 899 | 1,101 |
| Blue Gum Community School, Hackett | Independent | Combined | 1.8 km | 167 | 1,164 |
| Emmaus Christian School, Dickson | Independent | Combined | 2.5 km | 590 | 1,138 |
| North Ainslie Primary School, Ainslie | Government | Primary | 2.5 km | 527 | 1,145 |
| Daramalan College, Dickson | Independent | Secondary | 2.7 km | 1,498 | 1,127 |
| Shirley Smith High School, Kenny | Government | Secondary | 2.8 km | 210 | 1,078 |
| Brindabella Christian College, Lyneham | Independent | Combined | 3.2 km | 929 | 1,154 |
| Lyneham High School, Lyneham | Government | Secondary | 3.2 km | 1,034 | 1,132 |
| Lyneham Primary School, Lyneham | Government | Primary | 3.5 km | 498 | 1,135 |
| St Joseph's Primary School, O'Connor | Catholic | Primary | 4.0 km | 334 | 1,130 |
| Merici College, Braddon | Catholic | Secondary | 4.1 km | 992 | 1,138 |
| Kaleen Primary School, Kaleen | Government | Primary | 4.2 km | 400 | 1,075 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Watson [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80131/watson/topic/education