24.3% ▲ +43.2%
Lower than 97% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 17.0%
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 24.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Pormpuraaw · Council (LGA)
Education & Qualifications in Pormpuraaw
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 35 percentage points separates Pormpuraaw from the national figure for Year 12 completion. While this is one of the lowest levels of school completion in the region, the number of residents finishing secondary school has risen since 2011.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Just 24.3% of residents have completed Year 12, which is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1%. The most common highest year of school completed is Year 10, at 25%.
Highest year of school
View on map →Pormpuraaw splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (30%) and Year 12 (29%), with Year 9 or below at 26%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 5.1% of the population, far below the Australian figure of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 33.5% of residents.
5.1% ▲ +110.2%
Lower than 96% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 5.1%
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 Pormpuraaw, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 57%; Certificate I / II is next at 16%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in Pormpuraaw are split across several fields, with Architecture and building, Health, and Society and culture each representing 9.8% of qualifications.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The community is served by one government primary school with 68 enrolments. This school is much smaller than those in most other areas, and the average school advantage score is among the lowest at this level.
1
Lower than 99% of council (lga) areas.
Number of schools in the area.
7.58
Higher than 78% of council (lga) areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
68
Lower than 94% of council (lga) areas.
Total students enrolled across the area's schools.
68
Lower than 88% of council (lga) areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
602
Lower than 99% of council (lga) areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Pormpuraaw
1 school — 68 students, average ICSEA 602.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Pormpuraaw State School, Pormpuraaw | Government | Primary | — | 68 | 602 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Pormpuraaw [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA36070/pormpuraaw/topic/education