83.8% ▲ +6.8%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 78.5%
- 2016: 80.3%
- 2021: 83.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Weetangera · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Weetangera
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
High levels of academic achievement define daily life in Weetangera, where over half of all adults hold a university degree. This makes the area far more qualified than the national average, with a strong emphasis on higher education throughout the community.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Schooling levels are very high in Weetangera, with 83.8% of residents completing Year 12. This is well above the ACT figure of 77% and far above the national average of 58.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Weetangera, Year 12 is the majority at 87%; Year 10 is next at 8%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The area is among the most qualified of its kind, as 53% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher. This is far above the 42.9% seen across the ACT and more than double the Australian average.
53.0% ▲ +10.8%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 47.8%
- 2016: 49.3%
- 2021: 53.0%
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 Weetangera, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 40%, followed by Postgraduate degree (27%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (12%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across several fields, though management and commerce (19.9%) and society and culture (19.4%) are the most common. Education, health, and engineering also make up significant shares of the local degrees.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Local schools are generally larger than most areas and have high advantage scores. While there are 18 schools within 3km, the number of schools per 1,000 children is lower than in most similar places.
1.92
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
18
Higher than 86% 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).
578
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,101
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Weetangera
18 schools — 10,412 students, average ICSEA 1,101.
By sector: Government 13 · Catholic 4 · Independent 1
By type: Primary 11 · Secondary 5 · Combined 2
| Weetangera Primary School, Weetangera | Government | Primary | 0.3 km | 404 | 1,117 |
| Macquarie Primary School, Macquarie | Government | Primary | 0.9 km | 291 | 1,070 |
| Belconnen High School, Hawker | Government | Secondary | 1.0 km | 636 | 1,066 |
| St Matthew's Primary School, Page | Catholic | Primary | 1.3 km | 332 | 1,085 |
| Hawker Primary School, Hawker | Government | Primary | 1.4 km | 331 | 1,129 |
| Hawker College, Hawker | Government | Secondary | 1.7 km | 605 | 1,073 |
| Canberra High School, Macquarie | Government | Secondary | 2.2 km | 898 | 1,100 |
| Southern Cross Early Childhood School, Scullin | Government | Primary | 2.2 km | 115 | 1,088 |
| St Vincent's Primary School, Aranda | Catholic | Primary | 2.5 km | 195 | 1,117 |
| University of Canberra Senior Secondary College Lake Ginninderra, Belconnen | Government | Secondary | 2.5 km | 781 | 1,066 |
| Florey Primary School, Florey | Government | Primary | 2.7 km | 397 | 1,042 |
| St John the Apostle Primary School, Florey | Catholic | Primary | 2.8 km | 368 | 1,077 |
| Aranda Primary School, Aranda | Government | Primary | 2.8 km | 517 | 1,159 |
| St Francis Xavier College, Florey | Catholic | Secondary | 3.1 km | 1,323 | 1,070 |
| Cranleigh School, Holt | Government | Primary | 3.4 km | 88 | 1,036 |
| Radford College, Bruce | Independent | Combined | 3.4 km | 2,091 | 1,203 |
| Latham Primary School, Latham | Government | Primary | 3.7 km | 298 | 1,038 |
| Kingsford Smith School, Holt | Government | Combined | 3.8 km | 742 | 991 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Weetangera [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80132/weetangera/topic/education