68.7% ▲ +62.0%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 42.4%
- 2016: 38.8%
- 2021: 68.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Wonga Park · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Wonga Park
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Well above the national figure, 68.7% of Wonga Park residents have finished Year 12. This is a highly educated area where school and university completion rates have both climbed significantly over the last decade.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Finishing Year 12 is common here, with 68.7% of people reaching this level. This is well above the Victorian average and represents a 26 point jump since 2011.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Wonga Park, Year 12 is the majority at 71%; Year 11 is next at 15%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University qualifications are also on the rise, as the share of adults with a bachelor degree or higher jumped 15 points since 2011 to reach 28%. This is a little above the national figure.
28.0% ▲ +115.8%
Higher than 93% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 8.4%
- 2021: 28.0%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Wonga Park splits fairly evenly between Bachelor degree (34%) and Certificate III / IV (33%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 20%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common qualifications are in management and commerce at 22.5%, followed by engineering and related fields at 15.8%.
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 Wonga Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215091/wonga-park/topic/education