33.6% ▲ +33.1%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.3%
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 33.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Donnybrook · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Donnybrook
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
More than a third of residents in Donnybrook finished school at Year 10, reflecting a local trend toward early exits from formal education. This is a community where few adults hold university degrees, and the typical school leaving age is much lower than the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 33.6% of people completed Year 12, which is far below the figures for Queensland and Australia. Year 10 is the most common final school level at 37.4%.
Highest year of school
View on map →Donnybrook splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (40%) and Year 12 (36%), with Year 9 or below at 18%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are rare here, with only 6.2% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the national figure of 26.3%, while Certificate III or IV is the most common qualification at 44.9%.
6.2% ▼ -9.7%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 6.2%
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 Donnybrook, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 59%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 23%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are mostly in practical fields, with Engineering and related studies being the most common at 17.4%, followed by Architecture and building at 12.5%.
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 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).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Donnybrook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30862/donnybrook/topic/education