43.4% ▲ +13.9%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.1%
- 2016: 41.5%
- 2021: 43.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Woree · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Woree
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Woree have finished high school than in the rest of the country, with only 43.4% completing Year 12. This reflects a broader trend in the area where higher education levels are significantly lower than state and national figures. It is a place where vocational training is more common than university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 43.4% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the 57.1% seen in Queensland and the 58.8% national average. This puts Woree around the middle for its level, though 21.2% of people stopped at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Woree, Year 12 is the majority at 52%; Year 10 is next at 25%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University qualifications are uncommon here, with only 10.5% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the Australian figure of 26.3%, while Certificate III or IV is the most common qualification at 33.5%.
10.5% ▲ +25.2%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.4%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 10.5%
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 Woree, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 50%, followed by Bachelor degree (19%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (19%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Those with qualifications in Woree most often studied management and commerce at 14.1%. Other common fields include engineering and related subjects at 12.7% and society and culture at 10.0%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Woree has a high number of schools, with 17 within 3 km and 5.31 schools per 1,000 children. Most schools are government-run at 52.9%, and the typical school is quite large with 883 students.
5.31
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
17
Higher than 86% 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).
883
Higher than 99% 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 Woree
17 schools — 15,014 students, average ICSEA 973.
By sector: Government 9 · Catholic 6 · Independent 2
By type: Primary 9 · Secondary 5 · Combined 3
| Woree State High School, Woree | Government | Secondary | 1.0 km | 750 | 854 |
| Woree State School, Woree | Government | Primary | 1.1 km | 530 | 860 |
| Cairns State Special School, Woree | Government | Combined | 1.2 km | 130 | 913 |
| St Gerard Majella Primary School, Woree | Catholic | Primary | 1.4 km | 399 | 1,035 |
| St Mary's Catholic College, Woree | Catholic | Secondary | 1.6 km | 949 | 1,023 |
| Trinity Anglican School, White Rock | Independent | Combined | 2.2 km | 1,204 | 1,103 |
| Our Lady Help of Christians School, Earlville | Catholic | Primary | 2.5 km | 506 | 1,025 |
| Balaclava State School, Mooroobool | Government | Primary | 2.7 km | 381 | 797 |
| White Rock State School, White Rock | Government | Primary | 3.1 km | 439 | 837 |
| St Joseph's School, Parramatta Park | Catholic | Primary | 4.1 km | 348 | 1,029 |
| Cairns School of Distance Education, Manunda | Government | Combined | 4.1 km | 3,692 | 1,024 |
| Trinity Bay State High School, Manunda | Government | Secondary | 4.1 km | 1,784 | 908 |
| Parramatta State School, Parramatta Park | Government | Primary | 4.1 km | 482 | 887 |
| Cairns West State School, Manunda | Government | Primary | 4.2 km | 481 | 784 |
| St Augustine's College, Cairns | Catholic | Secondary | 4.2 km | 777 | 1,060 |
| St Francis Xavier's School, Manunda | Catholic | Primary | 4.2 km | 382 | 953 |
| The BUSY School, Cairns | Independent | Secondary | 4.5 km | 1,780 | 975 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Woree [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33165/woree/topic/education