49.8% ▲ +15.4%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 43.2%
- 2016: 44.9%
- 2021: 49.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Wamuran · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Wamuran
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer than half of adults in Wamuran have completed Year 12, a figure well below the national average. This lower rate of formal schooling is reflected in the qualifications data, where the proportion of residents with a university degree is far below the Australian figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Just 49.8% of residents finished Year 12, which is higher than most similar areas but remains well below the Queensland and national figures. Roughly a quarter of the population stopped their schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Wamuran, Year 12 is the majority at 54%; Year 10 is next at 27%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 13.9% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the national figure. The most common qualification in the area is a Certificate III or IV, held by 40.4% of qualified adults.
13.9% ▲ +18.6%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 13.9%
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 Wamuran, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 50%, followed by Bachelor degree (20%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (20%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are Engineering and related studies at 17.8%, followed by Management and Commerce at 14.2%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has much fewer schools per 1,000 children than most similar places, with only one primary school located within 3 km. This local school is government-run and has a typical size of 323 students.
1.64
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
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).
323
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
979
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Wamuran
1 school — 323 students, average ICSEA 979.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Wamuran State School, Wamuran | Government | Primary | 1.6 km | 323 | 979 |
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Wamuran [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32977/wamuran/topic/education