13.8% ▲ +8.4%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Aurukun · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Aurukun
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Few residents in Aurukun have completed high school, which impacts the range of formal qualifications held across the community. Only 13.8% of people have finished Year 12, a figure far below both the state and national levels.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Most people left school early, with 39.3% finishing at Year 10 and 33% finishing at Year 9 or below. This means the 13.8% who finished Year 12 is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Aurukun, the largest group is Year 10 at 43%, followed by Year 9 or below (36%) and Year 12 (15%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is rare here, as the 2.9% of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is far below the national figure of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 18.3% of residents.
2.9% ▼ -35.3%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 2.9%
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 Aurukun, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 44%, followed by Bachelor degree (26%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (21%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields of study are Education at 11.2% and Society and Culture at 8.6%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Education is provided entirely by one government-run combined school. While the average school size is around the middle for similar areas, the average school advantage score is among the lowest at this level.
3.82
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
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).
227
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
694
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Aurukun
1 school — 227 students, average ICSEA 694.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Combined 1
| Aurukun State School, Aurukun | Government | Combined | 20.6 km | 227 | 694 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Aurukun [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30104/aurukun/topic/education