35.7% ▲ +7.2%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.3%
- 2016: 31.8%
- 2021: 35.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Wooroolin · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Wooroolin
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 35.7% of residents in Wooroolin have completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This gap in secondary schooling is mirrored in higher education, where the number of adults with a university degree is much lower than in most other areas.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion rates are far below both the state and national figures, with only 35.7% of people finishing Year 12. The most common highest year of school completed is Year 12, followed by Year 10 at 28.5%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Wooroolin, the largest group is Year 12 at 41%, followed by Year 10 (33%) and Year 9 or below (18%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Just 7.5% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the Queensland average. Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common, held by 37.1% of the population.
7.5% ▼ -10.9%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.4%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 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 Wooroolin, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 48%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (24%) and Bachelor degree (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification are management and commerce at 18.2%, and engineering and related fields at 13.6%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Wooroolin has a much higher number of schools per 1,000 children than most areas, though these are small government primary schools with an average size of 23 students.
15.15
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
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).
23
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
899
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Wooroolin
2 schools — 46 students, average ICSEA 899.
By sector: Government 2
By type: Primary 2
| Wooroolin State School, Wooroolin | Government | Primary | 4.4 km | 25 | 931 |
| Tingoora State School, Tingoora | Government | Primary | 7.7 km | 21 | 861 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Wooroolin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33158/wooroolin/topic/education