38.1% ▲ +31.5%
Lower than 51% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 29.0%
- 2016: 41.6%
- 2021: 38.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Waterview Heights · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Waterview Heights
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Typical educational levels in Waterview Heights sit around the middle mark compared to similar areas. While many residents hold vocational certificates, only 12.7% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the national figure, though school completion rates have climbed steadily over the last decade.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 38.1% of people here finished Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales average of 58.9%. This figure has risen 9.1 percentage points since 2011, while 36.5% of residents stopped at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →Waterview Heights splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (40%) and Year 10 (38%), with Year 9 or below at 16%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are less common here than in the rest of the state, with 12.7% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 45.5% of residents.
12.7% ▲ +69.6%
Higher than 58% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.5%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 12.7%
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 Waterview Heights, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 54%; Bachelor degree is next at 18%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Engineering and related fields are the most common area of study at 19.2%, followed by management and commerce at 17.8%. Other notable fields include society and culture at 12.2% and health at 10.6%.
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 Waterview Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121119/waterview-heights/topic/education