25.1% ▼ -50.1%
Lower than 90% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 50.2%
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 25.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Oakwood · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Oakwood
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Roughly 40% of qualified adults in Oakwood hold a Certificate III or IV, the most common qualification in the area. Overall, school and university completion rates are much lower here than in other similar places, with a notable drop in Year 12 completions over the last decade.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 25.1% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1%. This is a significant decline from 2011, when half of the community had completed Year 12.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Oakwood, the largest group is Year 10 at 43%, followed by Year 12 (27%) and Year 9 or below (25%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University qualifications are uncommon, with just 10.1% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the national figure of 26.3% and represents a slight fall since 2011.
10.1% ▼ -23.2%
Lower than 59% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 10.1%
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 Oakwood, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 56%; Bachelor degree is next at 15%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for those with qualifications are engineering and related subjects at 19.6%, followed by management and commerce at 14.3%.
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 Oakwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322095/oakwood/topic/education