68.0% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 46.4%
- 2021: 68.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Barkly · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Barkly
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far more residents in Barkly have finished high school than in most similar areas. While 68% of people completed Year 12, there are almost no adults with university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Completion of Year 12 is far above the Queensland figure of 57.1%, with 68% of residents finishing high school. This is well above the national average.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Barkly, Year 12 is the majority at 77%; Year 10 is next at 23%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
No adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below both the state and national figures.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 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 →Barkly splits fairly evenly between Advanced diploma / diploma (50%) and Certificate III / IV (50%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Agriculture & environment at 30%, ahead of Natural & physical sciences (0%).
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of this area, a count that is smaller than about 59% of similar areas.
0
Lower than 99% 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).
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Barkly [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30161/barkly/topic/education