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Education & Qualifications in Dittmer

How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.

Fewer residents in Dittmer have completed high school or university than in most other areas. Only 39% of people finished Year 12, and no adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, making this a community with very few formal academic qualifications.

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Where Dittmer sits — Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

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All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Dittmer — lower than 99% of areas.

Dittmer0.0%
4800, QLD 10.1%
Queensland 21.9%
Australia 26.3%

Schooling

Highest year of school completed.

Year 12 completion is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1% and the national figure of 58.8%. About 26.8% of residents left school after Year 10, while 24.4% left at Year 9 or earlier.

Completed Year 12

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39.0% —

Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.

Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.

Highest year of school

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In Dittmer, the largest group is Year 12 at 37%, followed by Year 10 (26%) and Year 9 or below (23%).

Year 12 39.0% Year 10 26.8% Year 9 or below 24.4% Year 11 14.6%

Qualifications

Post-school qualifications and degrees.

No adults in the area hold a bachelor's degree or higher, which is far below the Australian figure of 26.3%. Instead, the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 43.5% of people.

Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

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Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).

Highest qualification level

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In Dittmer, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 100%.

Certificate III / IV 43.5%

Field of study

What people studied.

For those with qualifications, the most common fields are Health at 26.1% and Engineering and related fields at 21.7%. Management and commerce qualifications make up 17.4% of the total.

Field of qualification

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In Dittmer, the largest group is Health at 40%, followed by Engineering & related (33%) and Management & commerce (27%).

Health 26.1% Engineering & related 21.7% Management & commerce 17.4%

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.

Schools within 3 km

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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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Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
  • Australian Schools List — Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), 2025 (CC BY 4.0).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Dittmer [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30852/dittmer/topic/education