35.4% ▲ +18.5%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.9%
- 2016: 29.4%
- 2021: 35.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Lower Wonga · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Lower Wonga
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer residents in Lower Wonga have finished high school or university compared to most other areas. Only 35.4% of people completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This makes the area stand out as having a much lower level of formal education than the typical Australian community.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below both the Queensland and national figures, with only 35.4% of residents finishing. About 31.9% of people stopped their schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →Lower Wonga splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (40%) and Year 10 (36%), with Year 11 at 13%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is rare here, with bachelor degrees or higher held by just 8.1% of adults. This is far below the national average of 26.3%, though 35.8% of qualified residents hold a Certificate III or IV.
8.1% ▲ +31.2%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.2%
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 8.1%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →In Lower Wonga, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 50%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (24%) and Bachelor degree (16%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are management and commerce at 14.2%, followed by engineering at 12.8% and society and culture at 12.2%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of the area, which is a smaller number of facilities than about 59% of similar places.
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Lower than 99% of suburb / locality 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).
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Lower Wonga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31696/lower-wonga/topic/education