32.2% ▼ -7.6%
Lower than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 34.8%
- 2016: 41.8%
- 2021: 32.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Wangan · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Wangan
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Education levels in Wangan (L) have declined since 2011, with fewer people finishing high school and university. Only 3.1% of adults now hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Just 32.2% of residents have completed Year 12, a figure that is far below the Queensland average and has fallen since 2011. Roughly a third of the population also stopped their schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →Wangan splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (38%) and Year 10 (38%), with Year 9 or below at 19%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The area has some of the lowest rates of university education, with only 3.1% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. Instead, nearly half of those with qualifications hold a Certificate III or IV.
3.1% ▼ -51.7%
Lower than 97% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 6.4%
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 3.1%
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 Wangan, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 72%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 14%.
Field of study
What people studied.
For those with qualifications, the most common fields are Engineering and related areas at 26.3%, followed by Management and commerce at 9.9%.
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 Wangan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321108/wangan/topic/education