47.4% —
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 41.1%
- 2021: 47.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Wellesley · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Wellesley
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer people in Wellesley have finished high school or earned degrees compared to most similar areas. Just 47.4% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This pattern extends to higher education, where the proportion of adults with a bachelor's degree is much lower than in the rest of the state.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 47.4% of people completed Year 12, a figure that is well below the Queensland average. Around 31.6% of residents finished Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Wellesley, Year 12 is the majority at 51%; Year 10 is next at 34%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The proportion of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 9.8%, which is far below the Australian average. The most common qualification here is a Certificate III or IV, held by 30.6% of residents.
9.8% —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 9.8%
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 Wellesley, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 44%, followed by Bachelor degree (24%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (16%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Agricultural and environmental studies are the most common fields of qualification, accounting for 25.0% of the total. Health and management degrees follow at 16.7% and 13.9% respectively.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one government-run combined school, though it is much smaller than most other schools with an average of 85 students. This school also has an advantage score that is much lower than most similar areas.
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).
85
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
922
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Wellesley
1 school — 85 students, average ICSEA 922.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Combined 1
| Surat State School, Surat | Government | Combined | 30.2 km | 85 | 922 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Wellesley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33025/wellesley/topic/education