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Education & Qualifications in Captains Mountain

How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.

Education levels have remained low in Captains Mountain, where only 37.5% of people finished Year 12. This is far below the national figure of 58.8%, marking the area as one with much lower school and university completion rates than most other places.

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📍 Captains Mountain, Suburb / Locality

Where Captains Mountain sits — Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

7.0% ▼ -57.3%

All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Captains Mountain — lower than 82% of areas.

Captains Mountain7.0%
4357, QLD 9.6%
Queensland 21.9%
Australia 26.3%

Schooling

Highest year of school completed.

Just 37.5% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1%. About 32.1% of people listed Year 10 as their highest grade.

Completed Year 12

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37.5% ▲ +3.5%

Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.

Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.

Highest year of school

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In Captains Mountain, the largest group is Year 12 at 43%, followed by Year 10 (37%) and Year 9 or below (12%).

Year 12 37.5% Year 10 32.1% Year 9 or below 10.7% Year 11 7.1%

Qualifications

Post-school qualifications and degrees.

Only 7% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far below the Australian average of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 33.3% of adults.

Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

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7.0% ▼ -57.3%

Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.

Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).

Highest qualification level

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In Captains Mountain, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 53%; Bachelor degree is next at 24%.

Certificate III / IV 33.3% Bachelor degree 14.8% Advanced diploma / diploma 14.8%

Field of study

What people studied.

Qualifications in this area are spread across several fields, with Architecture, Health, and Society and Culture each accounting for 22.2% of degrees.

Field of qualification

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Captains Mountain splits fairly evenly between Architecture & building (19%) and Health (19%), with Society & culture at 19%.

Architecture & building 22.2% Health 22.2% Society & culture 22.2% Engineering & related 18.5% Agriculture & environment 18.5% Education 11.1%

Schools

Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).

There are no schools located within 3km of the area, which is a common trait shared by about 59% of similar places.

Schools within 3 km

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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).

Schools in and around Captains Mountain — hover a marker for details. Open the full map →

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
  • Australian Schools List — Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), 2025 (CC BY 4.0).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Captains Mountain [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30532/captains-mountain/topic/education