29.6% ▲ +7.0%
Lower than 80% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.7%
- 2016: 20.2%
- 2021: 29.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Warooka · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Warooka
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common achievement for adults in Warooka, held by 62.5% of the population. The area has very low levels of formal schooling and university degrees compared to the rest of the country.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 29.6% of people finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. While this is much lower than most areas, the rate did rise by 1.9 percentage points since 2011.
Highest year of school
View on map →Warooka splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (30%) and Year 11 (30%), with Year 10 at 22%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
No adults in Warooka hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure that fell 6.1 percentage points since 2011. This is far below the 26.3% typical across Australia.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 6.1%
- 2016: 1.5%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 Warooka, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 89%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 11%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields of study are Engineering and related subjects at 28.1%, followed by Food, hospitality and personal services at 14.1%.
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 Warooka [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL422058/warooka/topic/education