45.0% —
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 45.5%
- 2021: 45.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Clifford · Suburb / Locality
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer people have finished high school or university in Clifford compared to the wider state and nation. Only 45% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This suggests a community where many adults left school earlier than the Australian average.
Highest year of school completed.
About 45% of residents finished Year 12, while another 45% stopped at Year 10. This level of school completion is far below both Queensland and Australia.
45.0% —
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Clifford splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (43%) and Year 10 (43%), with Year 11 at 14%.
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are less common here, with 15% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is well below the Queensland figure of 21.9% and far below the national average.
15.0% —
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
In Clifford, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 57%; Bachelor degree is next at 21%.
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Agriculture & environment at 42%, ahead of Natural & physical sciences (0%).
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of the area, a situation seen in about 59% of similar places.
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 Clifford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30623/clifford/topic/education