45.0% —
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 31.8%
- 2021: 45.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Westmar · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Westmar
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Less than half of adults in Westmar have finished Year 12, with 45% reaching that milestone. This makes the area far less qualified than the state and national averages, with no residents holding a university degree.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the national figure of 58.8%, with 45% of residents finishing high school. Another 30% left school after Year 10, while 12.5% finished Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Westmar, the largest group is Year 12 at 41%, followed by Year 10 (27%) and Year 11 (20%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Not a single adult in Westmar holds a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the 26.3% national figure and the 21.9% seen across Queensland.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 Westmar, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 73%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 27%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Agriculture & environment at 33%, ahead of Management & commerce (27%).
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one government primary school, which is among the smallest of its kind with a typical size of 16 students. This school has an advantage score of 950, which is lower than most 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).
16
Lower than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
950
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Westmar
1 school — 16 students, average ICSEA 950.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Westmar State School, Westmar | Government | Primary | 5.6 km | 16 | 950 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Westmar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33050/westmar/topic/education