44.0% —
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.5%
- 2021: 44.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Woondum · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Woondum
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people have finished high school in Woondum compared to the rest of the country. Only 44% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This gap in basic schooling is mirrored in higher education, where university degrees are much less common than in the state or nation.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Less than half of the population finished Year 12, which is far below the Queensland rate of 57.1%. About 22% of residents stopped after Year 10, and 16% finished Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Woondum, the largest group is Year 12 at 46%, followed by Year 10 (23%) and Year 9 or below (17%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Bachelor degrees or higher are held by 16.1% of adults, a figure well below the Queensland average. The most common qualifications are Certificate III or IVs, held by 35.7% of the community.
16.1% —
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 16.1%
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 Woondum, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 38%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (27%) and Postgraduate degree (19%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Degrees in society and culture are the most frequent at 35.7%, followed by management and commerce at 32.1%. Health qualifications make up 14.3% of the total.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Two schools are located within 3km, which is more than about 66% of similar areas. These schools are small and have a lower advantage score than most, with a split between government and independent providers.
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).
86
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
950
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Woondum
2 schools — 172 students, average ICSEA 950.
By sector: Independent 1 · Government 1
By type: Combined 1 · Primary 1
| Mawarra Independent School, Kybong | Independent | Combined | 2.2 km | 44 | 1,033 |
| Monkland State School, Monkland | Government | Primary | 5.9 km | 128 | 922 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Woondum [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33152/woondum/topic/education