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Education & Qualifications in Goldfields

How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.

A gap of 12 percentage points separates Goldfields from the national average for adults with a bachelor degree or higher. While many residents finish high school, the area has far fewer people with university degrees than the state or country. This creates a profile where practical qualifications are more common than academic ones.

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Where Goldfields sits — Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

14.3% —

All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Goldfields — lower than 52% of areas.

Goldfields14.3%
4380 crosses QLD/NSW 13.6%
Queensland 21.9%
Australia 26.3%

Schooling

Highest year of school completed.

More than half of the population has finished Year 12, which is much higher than most similar areas. This result is about the same as the Queensland figure and just a little below the Australian average.

Completed Year 12

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57.1% —

Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.

Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.

Highest year of school

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In Goldfields, Year 12 is the majority at 65%; Year 10 is next at 24%.

Year 12 57.1% Year 10 21.4% Year 9 or below 9.5%

Qualifications

Post-school qualifications and degrees.

Only 14.3% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure well below the state and far below the national average. Instead, a third of residents hold a diploma, and 25% have a Certificate III or IV.

Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

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14.3% —

Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.

Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).

Highest qualification level

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In Goldfields, the largest group is Advanced diploma / diploma at 41%, followed by Certificate III / IV (32%) and Bachelor degree (27%).

Advanced diploma / diploma 32.1% Certificate III / IV 25.0% Bachelor degree 21.4%

Field of study

What people studied.

Common areas of study are split evenly between management, commerce, society, and culture. Engineering, agriculture, and hospitality services each make up about 10.7% of qualifications.

Field of qualification

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Goldfields splits fairly evenly between Management & commerce (30%) and Society & culture (30%), with Engineering & related at 13%.

Management & commerce 25.0% Society & culture 25.0% Engineering & related 10.7% Agriculture & environment 10.7% Food, hospitality & personal services 10.7%

Schools

Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).

There are no schools within 3 km of this area, which is a smaller number than about 59% of similar locations.

Schools within 3 km

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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).

Schools in and around Goldfields — hover a marker for details. Open the full map →

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
  • Australian Schools List — Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), 2025 (CC BY 4.0).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Goldfields [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31181/goldfields/topic/education