43.4% —
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 34.1%
- 2021: 43.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Wilsons Plains · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Wilsons Plains
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Almost half of the adults in Wilsons Plains hold a Certificate III or IV, making it a place where practical trade qualifications are common. Only 6.4% of adults have a bachelor degree, which is far below the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Fewer people here finished high school compared to the rest of the country, with 43.4% completing Year 12. This is far below the 58.8% seen across Australia.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Wilsons Plains, the largest group is Year 12 at 47%, followed by Year 10 (37%) and Year 9 or below (16%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is much less common than in most areas. Just 6.4% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the Queensland figure of 21.9%.
6.4% —
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 6.4%
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 Wilsons Plains, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 38%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (30%) and Certificate I / II (24%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common field is management and commerce at 30%, followed by health and society and culture at 13.3% each.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has two government primary schools within 3 km. These schools are much smaller than most, with a typical size of just 33 students.
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).
33
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
964
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Wilsons Plains
2 schools — 65 students, average ICSEA 964.
By sector: Government 2
By type: Primary 2
| Harrisville State School, Harrisville | Government | Primary | 3.6 km | 41 | 964 |
| Warrill View State School, Warrill View | Government | Primary | 4.0 km | 24 | 963 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Wilsons Plains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33085/wilsons-plains/topic/education