40.0% —
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Upper Warrego · Suburb / Locality
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Zero adults in Upper Warrego hold a bachelor degree or higher, reflecting a significant gap in higher education compared to the rest of the country. This highlights a trend where most residents have finished their schooling without pursuing university qualifications.
Highest year of school completed.
Only 40% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1% and the national average of 58.8%. Half of the population listed Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
40.0% —
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
In Upper Warrego, Year 10 is the majority at 56%; Year 12 is next at 44%.
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The proportion of adults with a university degree is 0%, which is among the lowest for similar areas and far below the Australian average of 26.3%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Agriculture & environment at 50%, ahead of Management & commerce (42%).
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of the area, a result that is smaller than about 59% of similar places.
0
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).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Upper Warrego [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32919/upper-warrego/topic/education