34.1% ▲ +28.8%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.5%
- 2016: 29.1%
- 2021: 34.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Woolooga · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Woolooga
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people have finished high school in Woolooga compared to the rest of the country. Only 34.1% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This gap extends to higher education, where university degrees are much less common than in most other areas.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 34.1% of residents have completed Year 12, which is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1%. The most common highest year of schooling completed is Year 10, at 34.9%.
Highest year of school
View on map →Woolooga splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (41%) and Year 12 (40%), with Year 9 or below at 12%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are rare here, with only 7.5% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher, far below the national figure of 26.3%. Instead, the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 46.4% of residents.
7.5% ▲ +87.3%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 7.5%
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 Woolooga, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 68%; Bachelor degree is next at 15%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are engineering and related studies at 15.7%, followed by management and commerce at 14.4%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has a high number of schools per 1,000 children, though they are among the smallest in the region with an average size of 14 students. The only school here is a government primary school.
22.73
Higher than 90% 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).
14
Lower than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
875
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Woolooga
1 school — 14 students, average ICSEA 875.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Woolooga State School, Woolooga | Government | Primary | 5.5 km | 14 | 875 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Woolooga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33147/woolooga/topic/education