25.1% ▲ +6.0%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.7%
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 25.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Oakwood · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Oakwood
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Education levels in Oakwood have remained largely consistent with a workforce that relies more on vocational training than degrees. Only 25.1% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This puts the area among the lowest for school completion levels compared to similar places.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 10 is the most common highest year of schooling for 38.9% of residents. This helps explain why the rate of Year 12 completion is far below both the Queensland figure of 57.1% and the national average.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Oakwood, the largest group is Year 10 at 43%, followed by Year 12 (27%) and Year 9 or below (25%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Practical skills are common here, with 40.5% of qualified adults holding a Certificate III or IV. However, those with a bachelor degree or higher make up only 10.1% of the population, which is far below the 26.3% seen across Australia.
10.1% ▲ +60.9%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 10.1%
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 Oakwood, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 56%; Bachelor degree is next at 15%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Engineering and related fields are the most common areas of study at 19.6%. Other frequent qualifications include management and commerce at 14.3%, and health at 11.9%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Oakwood has a high number of schools relative to its children, with 10 schools within 3 km. These are mostly government primary schools, though the average school advantage score is lower than most areas.
27.03
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
10
Higher than 79% 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).
289
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
960
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Oakwood
10 schools — 2,891 students, average ICSEA 960.
By sector: Government 8 · Independent 1 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 9 · Secondary 1
| Oakwood State School, Oakwood | Government | Primary | 0.6 km | 200 | 949 |
| Gooburrum State School, Gooburrum | Government | Primary | 3.0 km | 144 | 986 |
| Hope Adventist School, North Bundaberg | Independent | Primary | 3.5 km | 61 | 999 |
| Avoca State School, Avoca | Government | Primary | 4.2 km | 310 | 957 |
| Bundaberg North State High School, Bundaberg North | Government | Secondary | 4.2 km | 676 | 932 |
| Bundaberg North State School, Bundaberg North | Government | Primary | 4.3 km | 249 | 906 |
| Sharon State School, Sharon | Government | Primary | 4.4 km | 21 | 936 |
| Bundaberg West State School, Bundaberg West | Government | Primary | 4.7 km | 267 | 915 |
| Branyan Road State School, Branyan | Government | Primary | 4.9 km | 453 | 974 |
| St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Bundaberg West | Catholic | Primary | 5.3 km | 510 | 1,029 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Oakwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32213/oakwood/topic/education