49.3% ▲ +18.1%
Lower than 64% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 41.8%
- 2016: 45.2%
- 2021: 49.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Wamuran · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Education & Qualifications in Wamuran
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer residents in Wamuran have finished high school or university compared to the rest of the state. While 49.3% of people completed Year 12, this is well below the Queensland figure of 57.1%. However, school completion rates have risen by 7.6 percentage points since 2011.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is lower than most areas, though it has improved over the last decade. About 26.3% of residents stopped after Year 10, while 9.7% finished Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Wamuran, Year 12 is the majority at 53%; Year 10 is next at 28%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 14% of the population, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 40.7% of residents.
14.0% ▲ +20.6%
Lower than 72% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →In Wamuran, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 50%, followed by Bachelor degree (20%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (20%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in this area are most common in Engineering and related fields at 18%, followed by Management and commerce at 14.5% and Society and culture at 10.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Wamuran has only one school, which is a government primary school. This is smaller than about 91% of similar areas, and the number of schools per 1,000 children is much lower than most areas.
1
Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Number of schools in the area.
1.32
Lower than 74% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
11
Lower than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Schools serving the area — within 3 km of small areas, or inside larger ones. A measure of access (catchments overlap, so don't add it across areas).
323
Lower than 89% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Total students enrolled across the area's schools.
323
Lower than 64% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
979
Lower than 68% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Wamuran
11 schools — 4,843 students, average ICSEA 962.
By sector: Government 7 · Independent 3 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 9 · Secondary 2
| Wamuran State School, Wamuran | Government | Primary | 1.2 km | 323 | 979 |
| Tullawong State High School, Caboolture | Government | Secondary | 7.1 km | 897 | 936 |
| Caboolture Montessori School, Caboolture | Independent | Primary | 7.1 km | 218 | 1,069 |
| Tullawong State School, Caboolture | Government | Primary | 7.3 km | 474 | 897 |
| St Paul's Lutheran Primary School, Caboolture | Independent | Primary | 7.5 km | 339 | 1,042 |
| Bellmere State School, Bellmere | Government | Primary | 8.0 km | 695 | 946 |
| Alta-1 College, Caboolture | Independent | Secondary | 8.1 km | 132 | 956 |
| Caboolture State School, Caboolture | Government | Primary | 9.4 km | 254 | 888 |
| St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Caboolture | Catholic | Primary | 9.6 km | 646 | 1,018 |
| Minimbah State School, Morayfield | Government | Primary | 10.1 km | 668 | 949 |
| Caboolture Special School, Caboolture South | Government | Primary | 10.1 km | 197 | 962 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Wamuran [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/313021369/wamuran/topic/education