49.5% ▲ +35.9%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.4%
- 2016: 43.6%
- 2021: 49.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Carters Ridge · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Carters Ridge
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 49.5% of adults in Carters Ridge have completed Year 12, which is higher than most similar areas but well below the national figure. This reflects a community where a smaller proportion of people have reached the end of secondary school compared to the wider population across Queensland and Australia.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
While nearly half of residents finished Year 12, this is 9.4 percentage points lower than the Australian average. About 26.5% of people stopped their schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Carters Ridge, Year 12 is the majority at 56%; Year 10 is next at 30%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
About 17.2% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but well below the national average of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 31.2% of residents.
17.2% ▲ +74.7%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 17.2%
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 Carters Ridge, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 41%, followed by Bachelor degree (27%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (19%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for qualified residents are engineering and related topics at 16.4%, followed by management and commerce at 11.5% and health at 11.2%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of the area, which is a smaller number of facilities than about 59% of similar areas.
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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).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Carters Ridge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30555/carters-ridge/topic/education