36.0% ▲ +18.9%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.3%
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 36.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Watsonville · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Watsonville
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Watsonville have finished high school compared to the rest of the country, with only 36% completing Year 12. This gap in schooling is a defining feature of the area, where a small minority of adults hold university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 36% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1% and the national rate of 58.8%. About a third of the population stopped their schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →Watsonville splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (39%) and Year 10 (37%), with Year 9 or below at 16%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University qualifications are uncommon here, as only 10.6% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the national figure of 26.3%, while Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common, held by 41.8%.
10.6% ▲ +131.6%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.6%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 10.6%
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 Watsonville, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 57%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 21%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are Engineering at 17.6% and Health at 14.3%, followed by Society and Culture at 11%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are two schools within 3km, which is more than about 66% of similar areas. These schools are small, with an average size of 150 students and an average advantage score among the lowest for this level.
2
Higher than 62% 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).
150
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
870
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Watsonville
2 schools — 299 students, average ICSEA 870.
By sector: Government 1 · Catholic 1
By type: Combined 1 · Secondary 1
| Herberton State School, Moomin | Government | Combined | 8.2 km | 154 | 930 |
| Mount St Bernard College, Herberton | Catholic | Secondary | 9.0 km | 145 | 807 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Watsonville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33008/watsonville/topic/education