50.6% ▲ +26.0%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 40.2%
- 2016: 45.9%
- 2021: 50.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Daintree · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Daintree
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Daily life in Daintree is shaped by a workforce with a mix of practical and academic skills, though formal schooling levels are lower than the national average. Just over half of residents have completed Year 12, while 17.1% of adults hold a university degree.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 50.6% of people here finished Year 12, which is higher than in most similar areas. However, this is well below the Queensland figure of 57.1% and the Australian average of 58.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Daintree, Year 12 is the majority at 51%; Year 10 is next at 38%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The proportion of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is 17.1%, placing the area around the middle for its level. This is well below the figures for Queensland (21.9%) and Australia (26.3%).
17.1% ▲ +14.8%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.9%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 17.1%
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 Daintree, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 44%, followed by Certificate III / IV (38%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (19%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Degrees in this area are spread across several fields, with health and society and culture both making up 25.6% of qualifications. Engineering and related fields account for another 15.4%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one government primary school within 3 km, which is larger than about 59% of similar areas. The school is very small, with an average size of 13 students and an advantage score lower than most areas.
1
Lower than 57% 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).
13
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
964
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Daintree
1 school — 13 students, average ICSEA 964.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Daintree State School, Daintree | Government | Primary | 1.4 km | 13 | 964 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Daintree [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30786/daintree/topic/education