44.8% ▲ +31.1%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.2%
- 2016: 39.2%
- 2021: 44.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Dundathu · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Dundathu
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer residents in Dundathu have finished high school or university compared to the rest of the country. Only 44.8% of people completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This trend extends to higher education, with a much lower share of adults holding university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion is far below the state and national levels, with 44.8% finishing Year 12. Many others stopped earlier, as 32.2% of residents list Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Dundathu, the largest group is Year 12 at 45%, followed by Year 10 (32%) and Year 9 or below (13%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is less common here, with only 11.7% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the Australian average of 26.3%, though Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common, held by 38.9%.
11.7% ▲ +60.5%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 11.7%
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 Dundathu, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 51%; Bachelor degree is next at 21%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in the area are spread across several fields, led by Health at 18.3%, followed by Management and commerce at 15.9% and Engineering at 13.5%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one government primary school within 3 km, which is more than half of similar areas have. This school has a typical size of 305 students, though its advantage score is 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).
305
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
951
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Dundathu
1 school — 305 students, average ICSEA 951.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| St Helens State School, St Helens | Government | Primary | 4.6 km | 305 | 951 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Dundathu [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30896/dundathu/topic/education