52.8% ▲ +32.6%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 39.8%
- 2016: 46.3%
- 2021: 52.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Woodhill · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Woodhill
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 11.6% of adults in Woodhill hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far below the national average. This highlights a community where most people rely on trade and vocational certificates rather than university degrees. While many residents finish high school, the level of higher education remains much lower than in most other areas.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 52.8% of residents completed Year 12, which is higher than in most similar areas. However, this rate remains well below the figures for both Queensland and Australia.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Woodhill, Year 12 is the majority at 56%; Year 10 is next at 25%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Trade qualifications are common here, with 43.4% of people holding a Certificate III or IV. This helps explain why university degrees are far less common than in the rest of the state.
11.6% ▲ +71.9%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 11.6%
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 Woodhill, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 52%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 19%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for residents are management and commerce at 18.4%, followed by engineering and related fields at 17.6%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Woodhill is served by one government primary school. The average school size here is 166 students, which is lower than in most similar areas.
3.05
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
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).
166
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
959
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Woodhill
1 school — 166 students, average ICSEA 959.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Woodhill State School, Woodhill | Government | Primary | 0.9 km | 166 | 959 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Woodhill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33134/woodhill/topic/education