40.9% —
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 46.6%
- 2021: 40.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Hervey Range · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Hervey Range
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people have finished high school in Hervey Range than in the rest of the country. Only 40.9% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This gap is reflected in the local qualifications and training levels across the area.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Just 40.9% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1%. Other common outcomes include 27.1% finishing Year 10 and 12.9% leaving school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Hervey Range, the largest group is Year 12 at 47%, followed by Year 10 (31%) and Year 9 or below (15%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 15.1% of the population, which is far below the Australian average of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 43.4% of residents.
15.1% —
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 15.1%
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 Hervey Range, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 55%; Bachelor degree is next at 16%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across various fields, with Engineering and related studies being the most common at 23.3%. Other notable fields include Health at 11.9% and Management and commerce at 10.7%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools located within 3 km of the area, which is a smaller number than about 59% of similar places.
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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 Hervey Range [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31325/hervey-range/topic/education