46.4% ▲ +24.1%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.4%
- 2016: 39.4%
- 2021: 46.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Craignish · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Craignish
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer than half of adults in Craignish have finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This gap in school completion is mirrored in higher education, with a much lower proportion of residents holding university degrees compared to the rest of Queensland.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 46.4% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the 58.8% seen across Australia. About 32.1% of people in the area stopped their schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Craignish, the largest group is Year 12 at 48%, followed by Year 10 (34%) and Year 9 or below (10%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University qualifications are less common here, with 15.5% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher, well below the Queensland figure of 21.9%. Trade qualifications are more frequent, with 43% of people holding a Certificate III or IV.
15.5% ▲ +29.8%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 15.5%
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 Craignish, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 49%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (20%) and Bachelor degree (19%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for qualified residents are engineering and related fields at 17.7%, followed by society and culture at 15% and management and commerce at 13.9%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of the area, making it smaller for education access than about 59% of similar places.
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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).
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Craignish [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30742/craignish/topic/education