36.6% ▼ -2.0%
Lower than 56% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 37.3%
- 2016: 34.1%
- 2021: 36.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Wardell · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Wardell
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
About the same as similar areas, Wardell (L) has a workforce that leans heavily toward trade certificates rather than university degrees. Only 8.7% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the national and state figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Far fewer people in Wardell (L) finished high school compared to the rest of the country, with only 36.6% completing Year 12. This figure is about 22 percentage points lower than the New South Wales average and has barely changed since 2011.
Highest year of school
View on map →Wardell splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (40%) and Year 10 (38%), with Year 9 or below at 12%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Trade qualifications are common here, as 45.4% of residents hold a Certificate III or IV. This helps explain why university degrees are far less common than in most other areas, falling to 8.7% from 13.1% in 2011.
8.7% ▼ -33.8%
Lower than 70% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 8.7%
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 Wardell, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 59%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 17%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Those with qualifications are most often trained in Engineering and related fields at 16.6%, followed by Management and commerce at 13.9%.
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 Wardell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121117/wardell/topic/education