40.4% —
Higher than 56% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 36.8%
- 2021: 40.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Warwick · Urban Centre
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer than half of residents in Warwick have finished Year 12, with only 40.4% completing their secondary schooling. This figure is far below the national rate, though the proportion of people finishing school has risen slightly since 2016.
Highest year of school completed.
Only 40.4% of people here completed Year 12, which is far below the 58.8% national figure. This is a slight increase from 36.8% in 2016, while 30% of residents stopped at Year 10.
40.4% —
Higher than 56% of urban centre areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
In Warwick, the largest group is Year 12 at 44%, followed by Year 10 (33%) and Year 9 or below (15%).
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are less common here, with only 10.9% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the Queensland figure of 21.9%, though the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV at 40.1%.
10.9% —
Lower than 53% of urban centre areas.
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
In Warwick, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 52%; Bachelor degree is next at 20%.
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are management and commerce at 14.9%, followed closely by engineering and related fields at 14.7%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Warwick [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL313010/warwick/topic/education