62.9% ▲ +26.3%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 49.8%
- 2016: 56.2%
- 2021: 62.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Wynnum · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Wynnum
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Much higher levels of schooling and degrees than most similar areas define Wynnum. Around 62.9% of residents have finished Year 12, and over a quarter of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. These figures are well above both the Queensland and national averages.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is high here at 62.9%, which is well above the 57.1% seen across Queensland. This is much higher than most similar areas, with 18.7% of residents having finished Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Wynnum, Year 12 is the majority at 67%; Year 10 is next at 20%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The area is well-qualified, with 27.6% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is much higher than most similar areas and sits well above the Queensland figure of 21.9%.
27.6% ▲ +49.2%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.5%
- 2016: 21.8%
- 2021: 27.6%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Wynnum splits fairly evenly between Bachelor degree (32%) and Certificate III / IV (31%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 18%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are management and commerce at 20.5%, followed by engineering and related fields at 14.1% and society and culture at 12.7%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Wynnum has 15 schools within 3km, which is more than about 86% of similar areas. While school sizes and advantage scores are much higher than most areas, there are 1.23 schools per 1,000 children, which is much lower than elsewhere.
1.23
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
15
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).
634
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,063
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Wynnum
15 schools — 9,509 students, average ICSEA 1,063.
By sector: Government 9 · Catholic 4 · Independent 2
By type: Primary 8 · Combined 4 · Secondary 3
| Wynnum State School, Wynnum | Government | Primary | 0.8 km | 627 | 1,022 |
| Guardian Angels' Primary School, Wynnum | Catholic | Primary | 1.2 km | 447 | 1,083 |
| Iona College, Lindum | Catholic | Combined | 2.1 km | 1,802 | 1,079 |
| Wynnum State High School, Wynnum | Government | Secondary | 2.1 km | 1,109 | 1,035 |
| Darling Point Special School, Manly | Government | Combined | 2.2 km | 182 | 1,021 |
| Wynnum West State School, Wynnum West | Government | Primary | 2.4 km | 340 | 964 |
| Manly State School, Manly | Government | Primary | 2.6 km | 691 | 1,105 |
| St John Vianney's Primary School, Manly | Catholic | Primary | 2.8 km | 452 | 1,096 |
| Wondall Heights State School, Manly West | Government | Primary | 3.1 km | 588 | 1,041 |
| Brisbane Bayside State College, Wynnum West | Government | Secondary | 3.3 km | 910 | 981 |
| Manly West State School, Manly West | Government | Primary | 3.5 km | 232 | 992 |
| Moreton Bay Boys' College, Manly West | Independent | Combined | 3.9 km | 568 | 1,125 |
| Lota State School, Lota | Government | Primary | 3.9 km | 244 | 1,061 |
| Moreton Bay College, Manly West | Independent | Combined | 4.0 km | 1,236 | 1,139 |
| Hemmant Flexible School, Hemmant | Catholic | Secondary | 4.2 km | 81 | 903 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Wynnum [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33188/wynnum/topic/education