34.0% ▲ +2.4%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.2%
- 2016: 29.5%
- 2021: 34.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Antigua · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Antigua
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A huge gap exists between Antigua and the rest of the country in educational attainment. Only 34% of people here finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This trend continues into higher education, where very few residents hold a university degree.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 10 is the most common final school year for 35.8% of people. This helps explain why the 34% Year 12 completion rate is far below both the Queensland and national figures.
Highest year of school
View on map →Antigua splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (40%) and Year 12 (38%), with Year 9 or below at 13%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Very few adults have a bachelor degree or higher at 3.6%, a figure far below the Australian average of 26.3%. Instead, the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 33.8% of residents.
3.6% ▼ -68.8%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 8.4%
- 2021: 3.6%
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 Antigua, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 61%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 18%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in Antigua are spread across several fields, with Engineering and Management both topping the list at 17.6% each, followed by Health and Education at 14.7%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one government primary school, which is much smaller than most other areas with an average size of 55 students. This school also has a much lower advantage score than most similar areas.
1
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools serving the area — within 3 km of small areas, or inside larger ones. A measure of access (catchments overlap, so don't add it across areas).
55
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
923
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Antigua
1 school — 55 students, average ICSEA 923.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Mungar State School, Mungar | Government | Primary | 3.5 km | 55 | 923 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Antigua [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30067/antigua/topic/education