36.9% ▲ +15.2%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.0%
- 2016: 34.2%
- 2021: 36.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Urangan · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Urangan
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 22 percentage points separates Urangan from the national average for Year 12 completions. Only 36.9% of people here finished high school, which is far below the figures for both Queensland and Australia. This trend extends to higher education, where the local share of university degrees is much lower than in most similar areas.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 36.9% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the 57.1% seen in Queensland. Year 10 was the highest grade reached for 32% of the population.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Urangan, the largest group is Year 12 at 40%, followed by Year 10 (35%) and Year 9 or below (15%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 11.2% of the population, far below the 21.9% in Queensland. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 38.5%.
11.2% ▲ +46.1%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 11.2%
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 Urangan, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 51%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 20%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are Engineering and related subjects at 15.8%, followed by Management and commerce at 14.7%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Urangan has eight schools within 3km, which is more than 80% of similar areas. These schools are typically much larger than most others, with an average size of 610 students.
2.04
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
8
Higher than 77% 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).
610
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
991
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Urangan
8 schools — 4,883 students, average ICSEA 991.
By sector: Government 6 · Catholic 1 · Independent 1
By type: Primary 5 · Combined 2 · Secondary 1
| Sandy Strait State School, Urangan | Government | Primary | 1.7 km | 706 | 965 |
| Urangan State High School, Urangan | Government | Secondary | 1.7 km | 1,342 | 961 |
| Urangan Point State School, Urangan | Government | Primary | 1.8 km | 272 | 914 |
| Star of the Sea Catholic School, Torquay | Catholic | Primary | 1.8 km | 388 | 1,010 |
| Torquay State School, Torquay | Government | Primary | 3.2 km | 183 | 875 |
| Hervey Bay Special School, Kawungan | Government | Combined | 4.0 km | 105 | 970 |
| Fraser Coast Anglican College, Wondunna | Independent | Combined | 4.1 km | 1,010 | 1,098 |
| Kawungan State School, Kawungan | Government | Primary | 4.2 km | 877 | 976 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Urangan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32922/urangan/topic/education