48.4% ▲ +47.3%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.9%
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 48.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Windorah · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Windorah
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Windorah have finished high school or university compared to the rest of the country. Only 48.4% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This gap is mirrored in higher education, where very few adults hold a university degree.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Less than half of the population finished Year 12, a result that is well below the Queensland figure of 57.1%. Around 30.5% of residents stopped after Year 10, and 12.6% left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Windorah, Year 12 is the majority at 51%; Year 10 is next at 32%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are uncommon here, with only 8.4% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the national average of 26.3%, while Certificate III or IV qualifications are much more common at 43.5%.
8.4% ▲ +54.7%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.4%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 8.4%
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 Windorah, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 71%; Bachelor degree is next at 29%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in Windorah are most often in Engineering and related fields at 23.9%. Other common areas of study include Agriculture, Environment and Health, which both stand at 15.2%.
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 an average of 7 students. This school also has one of the lowest advantage scores for its level.
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).
7
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
829
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Windorah
1 school — 7 students, average ICSEA 829.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Windorah State School, Windorah | Government | Primary | 22.1 km | 7 | 829 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Windorah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33095/windorah/topic/education