28.3% ▲ +9.6%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.8%
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 28.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Atkinsons Dam · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Atkinsons Dam
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A very small number of people hold university degrees in Atkinsons Dam, which shapes the local skill set. Only 1.8% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far below the national average. This reflects a community where practical, trade-based training is much more common than academic study.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion rates are far below the Queensland average, with only 28.3% of people finishing Year 12. This is much lower than most areas, and about 24% of residents left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →Atkinsons Dam splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (32%) and Year 10 (30%), with Year 9 or below at 27%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Practical qualifications dominate the area, as 43.4% of people hold a Certificate III or IV. This focus on trade certificates helps explain why the proportion of people with university degrees is among the lowest in the region.
1.8% ▼ -5.4%
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.9%
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 1.8%
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 Atkinsons Dam, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 62%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 21%.
Field of study
What people studied.
People who do hold qualifications have a diverse range of interests, with Engineering (14.5%) and Agriculture and environment (13.2%) being the most common fields of study.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one small government primary school, which is much smaller than the usual school size. This school has an advantage score of 871, among the lowest at this level.
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).
60
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
871
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Atkinsons Dam
1 school — 60 students, average ICSEA 871.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Mount Tarampa State School, Mount Tarampa | Government | Primary | 6.9 km | 60 | 871 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Atkinsons Dam [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30098/atkinsons-dam/topic/education