46.5% ▲ +56.9%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.6%
- 2016: 34.8%
- 2021: 46.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Wongabel · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Wongabel
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Wongabel have finished high school or university compared to the rest of the state. Only 46.5% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This creates a distinct educational gap for the area when compared to Queensland and Australia as a whole.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Less than half of residents finished Year 12, a result far below the Queensland figure. Around 25.4% of the population stopped their schooling at Year 10, while 7.6% left at Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Wongabel, Year 12 is the majority at 55%; Year 10 is next at 30%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are uncommon here, with only 10.7% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the national figure, while Certificate III or IV is the most common qualification at 46.2%.
10.7% ▲ +90.2%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.6%
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 10.7%
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 Wongabel, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 58%; Bachelor degree is next at 17%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are Engineering and related studies at 21.2%, followed by Management and commerce at 17.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of the area, which is a smaller number than about 59% of similar places.
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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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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Wongabel [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33123/wongabel/topic/education