41.7% ▲ +34.7%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.0%
- 2016: 35.8%
- 2021: 41.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Willowbank · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Willowbank
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer people in Willowbank have finished high school or university compared to the rest of the state. Only 41.7% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This is a community where vocational training is much more common than university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Just 41.7% of people finished Year 12, which is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1%. Many residents left school earlier, with 31.1% finishing at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Willowbank, the largest group is Year 12 at 45%, followed by Year 10 (33%) and Year 9 or below (13%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are rare here; only 7.2% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the Australian average. Instead, nearly half of the community holds a Certificate III or IV.
7.2% ▲ +91.3%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 7.2%
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 Willowbank, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 59%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 21%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common qualifications are in engineering and related fields at 20.7%, followed by management and commerce at 15.2%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of the area, making it smaller for school access than about 59% of similar areas.
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Lower than 99% 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).
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Willowbank [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33079/willowbank/topic/education