41.2% ▲ +25.4%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.8%
- 2016: 39.4%
- 2021: 41.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Glastonbury · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Glastonbury
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer adults in Glastonbury have completed high school or university compared to most other areas. Only 41.2% of people finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This trend toward lower formal schooling is reflected in the low number of university degrees in the community.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Completion rates for Year 12 are far below the Queensland average, with only 41.2% of residents finishing their final year of school. About 27.3% of the population stopped after Year 10, and 14.2% finished Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Glastonbury, the largest group is Year 12 at 46%, followed by Year 10 (31%) and Year 9 or below (16%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University qualifications are rare here, with only 6.0% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the Australian average of 26.3%, though trade certificates are common, with 34.5% holding a Certificate III or IV.
6.0% ▼ -42.4%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 6.0%
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 Glastonbury, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 54%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 26%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common areas of study are Engineering and related fields at 14.7%, followed by Management and commerce at 11.9%. Education and Health also make up significant portions of the local qualifications.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools located within 3 km of the area, making it smaller for school access 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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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Glastonbury [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31138/glastonbury/topic/education