35.5% —
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 35.3%
- 2021: 35.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Durham · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Durham
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people have finished high school in Durham compared to most similar areas. Only 35.5% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the Queensland rate of 57.1%, with 29% of people finishing at Year 11 and 19.4% at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Durham, the largest group is Year 12 at 42%, followed by Year 11 (35%) and Year 10 (23%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
No adults in the area hold a bachelor degree or higher, placing Durham among the lowest areas in the country for this qualification.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 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 Durham, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 100%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Education at 21%, ahead of Natural & physical sciences (0%).
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 more common situation 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).
Sources
More for Durham
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Durham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30907/durham/topic/education