43.1% —
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 36.4%
- 2021: 43.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Canaga · Suburb / Locality
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Few adults in Canaga hold a university degree, with only 9% reaching this level. This reflects a local trend where school and higher education levels are far below the Queensland and Australian figures.
Highest year of school completed.
Fewer than half of residents finished Year 12, at 43.1%. This is far below the state figure of 57.1% and the national figure of 58.8%.
43.1% —
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
In Canaga, the largest group is Year 12 at 46%, followed by Year 10 (24%) and Year 9 or below (22%).
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 9% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher, which is much lower than most areas. This is far below the 26.3% seen across Australia.
9.0% —
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
In Canaga, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 44%, followed by Bachelor degree (38%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (19%).
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are management and commerce at 39.3%, followed by agriculture and environment at 32.1%.
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km, making it 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).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Canaga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30510/canaga/topic/education