50.8% ▲ +265.0%
Higher than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 25.3%
- 2021: 50.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Warraber Island · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Warraber Island
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A massive 37 percentage point jump in high school completions has transformed education on Warraber Island. While half of the residents have now finished Year 12, the area still has a much lower rate of university degrees than the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 50.8% of people have completed Year 12, which is much higher than in most similar areas but well below the Queensland figure of 57.1%. This represents a significant increase from 13.9% in 2011.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Warraber Island, Year 12 is the majority at 55%; Year 9 or below is next at 19%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are rare here, with only 1.6% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far below the national average. Instead, the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 51% of residents.
1.6% ▼ -33.4%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 1.6%
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 Warraber Island, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 73%; Certificate I / II is next at 19%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Those with qualifications have studied a variety of fields, most commonly society and culture at 17%, followed by engineering and education, which both stand at 14%.
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 Warraber Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322133/warraber-island/topic/education