27.5% —
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.7%
- 2021: 27.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Oakdale · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Oakdale
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Very few people in Oakdale have finished high school, with only 27.5% of residents completing Year 12. This lack of formal schooling is far below both the Queensland and national figures, shaping a local profile where a small minority hold higher degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 27.5% of people here finished Year 12, which is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1% and the Australian average of 58.8%. A quarter of the population listed Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →Oakdale splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (39%) and Year 10 (36%), with Year 11 at 14%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 9.3% of the population, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. The most common high-level qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 38.1% of residents.
9.3% —
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 9.3%
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 Oakdale, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 67%; Bachelor degree is next at 33%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with degrees or certificates, the most common fields are engineering and related studies at 28.6%, followed by education at 19.0% and hospitality or personal services at 14.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one government secondary school within 3km of the area. This school is around the middle size for its level, with an average of 318 students, though its advantage score is among the lowest for similar schools.
1
Lower than 57% 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).
318
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
818
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Oakdale
1 school — 318 students, average ICSEA 818.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Secondary 1
| Murgon State High School, Murgon | Government | Secondary | 5.3 km | 318 | 818 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Oakdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32207/oakdale/topic/education