52.6% ▲ +17.9%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 44.6%
- 2016: 48.4%
- 2021: 52.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Wondunna · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Wondunna
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Seven different schools within 3 kilometres make Wondunna a well-served area for local students. While many residents have a strong base of training and certificates, university degrees are much less common here than in the rest of Australia.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Just over half of residents have completed Year 12, which is higher than in most similar areas. However, this figure is well below the national average by 6.2 percentage points.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Wondunna, Year 12 is the majority at 55%; Year 10 is next at 28%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The typical adult in Wondunna holds a Certificate III or IV, with 39.9% achieving this level. Those with a bachelor degree or higher make up 16.9%, which is well below the Queensland figure.
16.9% ▲ +9.5%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.4%
- 2016: 16.3%
- 2021: 16.9%
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 Wondunna, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 45%, followed by Bachelor degree (23%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (19%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in the area are spread across several fields, with Engineering and related studies being the most common at 17.4%, followed by Management and commerce at 15.1%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Local schools are much larger than in most similar areas, with an average size of 659 students. Most of these are government primary schools, which make up 71.4% of the sector.
2.79
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
7
Higher than 75% 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).
659
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
995
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Wondunna
7 schools — 4,611 students, average ICSEA 995.
By sector: Government 5 · Independent 1 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 4 · Combined 2 · Secondary 1
| Fraser Coast Anglican College, Wondunna | Independent | Combined | 0.7 km | 1,010 | 1,098 |
| Star of the Sea Catholic School, Torquay | Catholic | Primary | 1.9 km | 388 | 1,010 |
| Sandy Strait State School, Urangan | Government | Primary | 2.6 km | 706 | 965 |
| Kawungan State School, Kawungan | Government | Primary | 2.6 km | 877 | 976 |
| Hervey Bay Special School, Kawungan | Government | Combined | 2.7 km | 105 | 970 |
| Urangan State High School, Urangan | Government | Secondary | 3.0 km | 1,342 | 961 |
| Torquay State School, Torquay | Government | Primary | 3.5 km | 183 | 875 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Wondunna [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33121/wondunna/topic/education