47.7% —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 33.4%
- 2021: 47.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Woolmar · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Woolmar
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer than half of adults in Woolmar have finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This gap extends to higher education, where university degrees are much less common than in the rest of Queensland and Australia. The area relies primarily on trade certificates and school-level qualifications.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 47.7% of residents completed Year 12, which is well below the Queensland rate of 57.1%. Roughly a quarter of the population finished Year 10, and 10.3% left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Woolmar, Year 12 is the majority at 54%; Year 10 is next at 28%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are less common here, with only 15.3% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher, far below the Australian average. The most typical qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 28.5% of residents.
15.3% —
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.8%
- 2021: 15.3%
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 Woolmar, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 38%, followed by Bachelor degree (30%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (23%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Those with qualifications in Woolmar most commonly studied Engineering (15.3%), followed by Education at 12.9% and Management and commerce at 11.6%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has two government schools within 3km, though the typical school advantage score is lower than most other areas. These schools are split evenly between primary and secondary types.
2
Higher than 62% 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).
357
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
973
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Woolmar
2 schools — 714 students, average ICSEA 973.
By sector: Government 2
By type: Primary 1 · Secondary 1
| Kilcoy State School, Kilcoy | Government | Primary | 5.6 km | 282 | 979 |
| Kilcoy State High School, Kilcoy | Government | Secondary | 5.9 km | 432 | 969 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Woolmar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33145/woolmar/topic/education