25.6% ▲ +17.0%
Lower than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 21.9%
- 2016: 27.3%
- 2021: 25.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Woorabinda · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Woorabinda
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Just over a quarter of people in Woorabinda have finished Year 12, reflecting a community where many residents have left school early. This gap in basic schooling is matched by a low rate of university degrees, with only 4.4% of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the national figure, though it rose 3.7 points since 2011 to reach 25.6%. For many adults here, Year 10 was the highest level of schooling they reached, accounting for 39.6% of residents.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Woorabinda, the largest group is Year 10 at 42%, followed by Year 12 (27%) and Year 9 or below (18%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University qualifications are among the lowest for similar areas, sitting at 4.4% compared to the Queensland figure of 21.9%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 38.2% of people.
4.4% ▼ -12.8%
Lower than 92% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 4.4%
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 Woorabinda, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 56%; Bachelor degree is next at 15%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Education is the most common field of qualification at 14.9%, followed by management and commerce at 10.5%. Health and society and culture both account for 10.1% of qualifications.
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 Woorabinda [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321112/woorabinda/topic/education