70.2% ▲ +61.4%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 43.5%
- 2016: 31.3%
- 2021: 70.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Wonga Park - South · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Wonga Park - South
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A far higher share of people in Wonga Park - South (L) finished high school compared to the national average. Around 70% of residents completed Year 12, and the number of adults with a university degree has climbed significantly since 2011.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is very high at 70.2%, which is far above the national figure of 58.8%. This is a major increase for the area, as the rate rose 27 points since 2011.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Wonga Park - South, Year 12 is the majority at 72%; Year 11 is next at 13%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 23.8% of the population, which is much higher than most areas, though still a little below the national figure of 26.3%. This figure rose 17 points since 2011.
23.8% ▲ +227.4%
Higher than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 23.8%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Wonga Park - South splits fairly evenly between Certificate III / IV (37%) and Bachelor degree (36%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 20%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across several fields, with Education and Management & commerce both at 13.8%, followed by Architecture & building and Society & culture at 12.9% each.
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 - South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222103/wonga-park-south/topic/education