49.6% ▲ +20.3%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 41.2%
- 2016: 45.8%
- 2021: 49.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Wandal · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Wandal
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people have finished high school or university in Wandal compared to state and national figures. While 49.6% of residents completed Year 12, this is well below the Australian average of 58.8%. The area still sees more people holding degrees than most similar places, though it remains behind the wider Queensland trend.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About half of residents finished Year 12, which is higher than most similar areas but well below the Queensland figure of 57.1%. Another 24.5% of the population reached Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Wandal, Year 12 is the majority at 54%; Year 10 is next at 26%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 17.9% of the population. This is higher than most similar areas, but still well below the national figure of 26.3%. Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common, held by 35.5% of residents.
17.9% ▲ +26.1%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.2%
- 2016: 14.6%
- 2021: 17.9%
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 Wandal, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 43%, followed by Bachelor degree (28%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (15%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Those with qualifications are most often trained in Engineering and related fields (17.2%) or Health (16.0%). Management and commerce follow at 14.1%, with 12.2% studying society and culture.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Wandal has 19 schools within 3km, which is more than about 89% of similar areas. These schools are much larger than those in most other areas, with an average size of 550 students.
4.62
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
19
Higher than 86% 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).
550
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
973
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Wandal
19 schools — 10,443 students, average ICSEA 973.
By sector: Government 9 · Catholic 7 · Independent 3
By type: Primary 10 · Secondary 5 · Combined 4
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Wandal | Catholic | Primary | 0.5 km | 366 | 1,026 |
| The Hall State School, Wandal | Government | Primary | 0.7 km | 309 | 936 |
| Rockhampton State High School, Wandal | Government | Secondary | 0.7 km | 1,256 | 910 |
| The Rockhampton Grammar School, Rockhampton | Independent | Combined | 1.5 km | 1,472 | 1,069 |
| Crescent Lagoon State School, West Rockhampton | Government | Primary | 1.6 km | 362 | 903 |
| Park Avenue State School, Park Avenue | Government | Primary | 1.8 km | 163 | 864 |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Park Avenue | Catholic | Primary | 2.2 km | 341 | 990 |
| Rockhampton Girls Grammar School, Rockhampton | Independent | Combined | 2.2 km | 405 | 1,022 |
| The Cathedral College, Rockhampton | Catholic | Secondary | 2.3 km | 1,357 | 1,031 |
| Kingsley College, Berserker | Independent | Combined | 2.4 km | 274 | 966 |
| Rockhampton Special School, Rockhampton | Government | Combined | 2.5 km | 103 | 925 |
| Allenstown State School, Allenstown | Government | Primary | 2.7 km | 296 | 884 |
| St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Rockhampton | Catholic | Primary | 3.4 km | 357 | 1,039 |
| St Mary's Catholic Primary School, North Rockhampton | Catholic | Primary | 3.6 km | 349 | 1,029 |
| Rockhampton Flexible School, Rockhampton | Catholic | Secondary | 3.6 km | 86 | 868 |
| Emmaus College, Park Avenue | Catholic | Secondary | 3.7 km | 1,320 | 997 |
| Berserker Street State School, Berserker | Government | Primary | 3.8 km | 308 | 837 |
| Glenmore State School, Kawana | Government | Primary | 4.2 km | 351 | 841 |
| North Rockhampton State High School, Frenchville | Government | Secondary | 4.4 km | 968 | 896 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Wandal [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32979/wandal/topic/education