28.3% ▲ +21.4%
Lower than 85% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.3%
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 28.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Wallangarra · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Wallangarra
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer residents in Wallangarra have completed high school or university than in most similar areas. Only 28.3% of people finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure. While this rate rose by 5 points since 2011, the area still sees much lower levels of formal education than the rest of Queensland.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 28.3% of people completed Year 12, which is far below the 58.8% national average. The most common highest school year reached here is Year 10, completed by 31.6% of residents.
Highest year of school
View on map →Wallangarra splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (35%) and Year 12 (32%), with Year 9 or below at 25%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Very few adults hold a bachelor degree or higher at 3.2%, a figure far below the Queensland average of 21.9%. Most qualified adults hold a Certificate III or IV, making up 43% of the group.
3.2% ▲ +12.9%
Lower than 96% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 3.2%
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 Wallangarra, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 63%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 16%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are Engineering and related services at 16.2%, followed by Society and Culture at 12.7%.
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 Wallangarra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322130/wallangarra/topic/education