26.3% —
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.9%
- 2021: 26.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Woowoonga · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Woowoonga
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Educational attainment in Woowoonga has remained low over the last decade, with only 26.3% of residents completing Year 12. This is far below the national figure of 58.8%. Most adults in the area hold vocational certificates rather than university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 26.3% of people finished Year 12, which is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1%. The most common highest level of schooling reached is Year 10, at 36.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Woowoonga, the largest group is Year 10 at 47%, followed by Year 12 (34%) and Year 9 or below (15%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Vocational training is common, with 42.4% of adults holding a Certificate III or IV. However, those with a bachelor degree or higher make up just 11.0% of the population, which is far below the Australian average of 26.3%.
11.0% —
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 11.0%
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 Woowoonga, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 50%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (20%) and Graduate diploma / certificate (8%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification for residents are education at 20.3% and engineering and related fields at 18.6%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one government combined school, which is smaller than most similar schools with an average size of 116 students. This school's advantage score is among the lowest for similar areas.
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).
116
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
895
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Woowoonga
1 school — 116 students, average ICSEA 895.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Combined 1
| Biggenden State School, Biggenden | Government | Combined | 6.0 km | 116 | 895 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Woowoonga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33164/woowoonga/topic/education