49.6% ▲ +37.3%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.1%
- 2016: 44.0%
- 2021: 49.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Garradunga · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Garradunga
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer than half of adults in Garradunga have finished high school, which is a striking gap compared to the national figure. This lack of formal schooling is reflected in a very low rate of university degrees, with only 8.5% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 49.6% of people finished Year 12, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but remains well below the Queensland and Australian averages.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Garradunga, Year 12 is the majority at 53%; Year 10 is next at 25%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The proportion of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is far below both the state and national figures. Instead, the most common qualifications are Certificate III or IV, held by 34.3% of residents.
8.5% ▼ -29.9%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 8.5%
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 Garradunga, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 48%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (29%) and Bachelor degree (23%).
Field of study
What people studied.
For those with qualifications, the most common fields of study are management and commerce at 16.4%, followed by engineering and related fields at 13.4%.
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.
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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).
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Garradunga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31102/garradunga/topic/education