17.8% ▼ -28.7%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.0%
- 2016: 18.4%
- 2021: 17.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Laura · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Laura
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer than 18% of residents in Laura have finished Year 12, making it an area where most people leave school early. This lack of formal senior schooling is reflected in the adult population, where no one holds a university degree.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 17.8% of people here completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. The most common highest year of school finished is Year 10, reached by 39.6% of residents.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Laura, the largest group is Year 10 at 49%, followed by Year 12 (22%) and Year 11 (15%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
No adults in Laura hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the Queensland average of 21.9%. Instead, Certificate III or IV is the most common qualification, held by 34% of people.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 Laura, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 100%.
Field of study
What people studied.
For those with qualifications, the most common fields are Engineering and Agriculture and Environment, each making up 10.6% of the total.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has a high number of schools per 1,000 children, but these are very small with an average of 19 students. There is one government primary school within 3 km.
38.46
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
1
Lower than 57% 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).
19
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
623
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Laura
1 school — 19 students, average ICSEA 623.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Laura State School, Laura | Government | Primary | 33.3 km | 19 | 623 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Laura [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31642/laura/topic/education