40.0% —
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 54.5%
- 2021: 40.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Duchess · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Duchess
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people have completed high school in Duchess compared to the rest of the country, with only 40% finishing Year 12. This gap extends to higher education, where no adults in the area hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 40% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1% and the national average of 58.8%. About 37.5% of people reached Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →Duchess splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (46%) and Year 10 (43%), with Year 9 or below at 11%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
No adults here hold a bachelor's degree, putting the area among the lowest in the country. Most qualified residents hold a diploma or advanced diploma, at 20.8%, or a Certificate III or IV, at 16.7%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 Duchess, Advanced diploma / diploma is the majority at 56%; Certificate III / IV is next at 44%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are engineering and education, each accounting for 20.8%, followed by agriculture and environment 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, which is more common than in about 59% of similar places.
0
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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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Duchess [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30883/duchess/topic/education