32.4% ▲ +5.4%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.8%
- 2016: 29.9%
- 2021: 32.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Woodgate · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Woodgate
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
About 40% of Woodgate residents hold a Certificate III or IV as their highest qualification. The area generally has lower levels of formal schooling and university degrees than both the state and national averages.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 32.4% of people here completed Year 12, which is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1%. The most common highest year of school completed is Year 10, at 39.7%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Woodgate, the largest group is Year 10 at 43%, followed by Year 12 (35%) and Year 9 or below (13%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are uncommon in Woodgate, with only 9.1% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the national figure of 26.3%.
9.1% ▼ -2.3%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 9.1%
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 Woodgate, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 52%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 22%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields of study are engineering and related fields at 19.8%, followed by management and commerce at 14.2%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one government primary school, which is much smaller than those in most other similar areas with an average size of 44 students.
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).
44
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
969
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Woodgate
1 school — 44 students, average ICSEA 969.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Goodwood State School, Goodwood | Government | Primary | 13.5 km | 44 | 969 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Woodgate [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33133/woodgate/topic/education