56.0% ▲ +120.0%
Higher than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.4%
- 2016: 17.8%
- 2021: 56.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Wooloweyah · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Wooloweyah
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Higher education levels than most similar areas mark the profile of Wooloweyah, where over a third of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. This represents a significant shift for the locality, with university-level qualifications jumping 29 percentage points since 2011.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
High school completion has also climbed sharply, with 56% of people finishing Year 12, up 31 percentage points since 2011. This is much higher than most similar areas, though it remains a little below the national figure of 58.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Wooloweyah, Year 12 is the majority at 58%; Year 10 is next at 27%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
A third of adults have a bachelor degree or higher, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 27.8%. Certificates III and IV are also common, making up 28.6% of the highest qualifications held by residents.
33.1% ▲ +649.8%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 33.1%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Wooloweyah splits fairly evenly between Certificate III / IV (33%) and Bachelor degree (32%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 18%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across several fields, with health and management and commerce both accounting for 14.9% of degrees. Education (13%) and architecture and building (11.6%) are also common areas of study.
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 Wooloweyah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122154/wooloweyah/topic/education