32.2% ▼ -21.2%
Lower than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 40.8%
- 2016: 30.2%
- 2021: 32.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Woodgate · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Woodgate
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Much lower educational attainment marks Woodgate compared to most similar areas. Only 32.2% of residents have finished Year 12, which is far below the figures for both Queensland and Australia. This trend has worsened over the last decade, as the share of people completing high school fell by 8.6 points since 2011.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 10 is the most common highest school year completed here at 39.5%. The proportion of people finishing Year 12 is far below the national figure, sitting at 32.2%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Woodgate, the largest group is Year 10 at 43%, followed by Year 12 (35%) and Year 9 or below (14%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 9.1% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure that is far below the Queensland and Australian averages. Most qualified residents hold a Certificate III or IV, which is the case for 39.7% of the population.
9.1% ▲ +7.3%
Lower than 67% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 8.4%
- 2021: 9.1%
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 Woodgate, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 52%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 22%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are Engineering and related studies at 20.3%, followed by Management and commerce at 13.7%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Woodgate [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315105/woodgate/topic/education