50.0% ▲ +93.6%
Higher than 80% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.8%
- 2021: 50.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Wollongbar · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Wollongbar
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Much lower proportions of residents in Wollongbar have finished high school or earned a degree compared to the state and national figures. Despite these gaps, the area is seeing a shift toward higher learning, with the share of people finishing Year 12 climbing 24 points since 2011.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Half of residents have completed Year 12, a figure that is much higher than in most similar areas but still well below the New South Wales average of 58.9%. Another 30.2% of the population stopped their schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Wollongbar, Year 12 is the majority at 52%; Year 10 is next at 31%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
About 21.8% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is much higher than most similar areas. This figure has risen 14 points since 2011, though it remains well below the Australian average of 26.3%.
21.8% ▲ +197.4%
Higher than 85% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2021: 21.8%
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 Wollongbar, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 40%, followed by Bachelor degree (27%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification are management and commerce at 17.9%, followed by society and culture at 13.4% and engineering at 13.1%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Wollongbar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115162/wollongbar/topic/education