24.0% —
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 31.8%
- 2021: 24.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Gungaloon · Suburb / Locality
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Low levels of formal schooling shape daily life in Gungaloon, where only 24% of people have finished Year 12. This is far below the national figure of 58.8%, leaving a small minority of residents with higher education qualifications.
Highest year of school completed.
Year 10 is the most common final school year for 40% of residents, while 20% finished Year 9 or below. Those completing Year 12 are far below the Queensland average, trailing by 33 points.
24.0% —
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
In Gungaloon, the largest group is Year 10 at 48%, followed by Year 12 (29%) and Year 9 or below (24%).
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is uncommon here, with only 10.7% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the 26.3% seen across Australia.
10.7% —
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
In Gungaloon, the largest group is Advanced diploma / diploma at 40%, followed by Postgraduate degree (30%) and Certificate III / IV (30%).
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Natural & physical sciences at 0%, ahead of Information technology (0%).
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km, a result that is smaller than about 59% of similar areas.
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).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Gungaloon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31271/gungaloon/topic/education