31.5% ▼ -26.6%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 42.9%
- 2016: 30.5%
- 2021: 31.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Dajarra · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Dajarra
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 31.5% of residents in Dajarra finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This gap in secondary schooling is reflected in the qualifications of adults, with very few holding university degrees. The local education landscape is small and primarily focused on early learning.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion is much lower than in most areas, with only 31.5% of people finishing Year 12. This is 27 points lower than the Australian average, and nearly one in five residents left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Dajarra, the largest group is Year 12 at 38%, followed by Year 10 (25%) and Year 9 or below (23%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are rare here, with only 4.5% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher, far below the Queensland figure of 21.9%. Instead, a Certificate III or IV is the most common high-level qualification, held by 41.7% of people.
4.5% ▼ -70.4%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.1%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 4.5%
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 Dajarra, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 76%; Bachelor degree is next at 15%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common field of study is Engineering and related subjects at 32.1%. Other notable areas of study include Health at 8.3% and Education at 7.1%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area is served by a single government primary school, which is among the smallest in the region with an average size of 16 students. This school has one of the lowest advantage scores at its level.
29.41
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
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).
16
Lower than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
632
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Dajarra
1 school — 16 students, average ICSEA 632.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Dajarra State School, Dajarra | Government | Primary | 16.5 km | 16 | 632 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Dajarra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30788/dajarra/topic/education