41.9% ▼ -10.4%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 46.7%
- 2016: 43.9%
- 2021: 41.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Mandalay · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Mandalay
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Education levels in Mandalay have remained low compared to the rest of the country. Just 41.9% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This lack of formal schooling is reflected in the small number of people holding university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 41.9% of people here completed Year 12, which is far below the 58.8% seen across Australia. About 27.2% of residents stopped their schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Mandalay, Year 12 is the majority at 52%; Year 10 is next at 33%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are rare in Mandalay, with only 7.8% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the Queensland figure of 21.9%, while Certificate III or IV qualifications are more common at 34.9%.
7.8% ▼ -16.6%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 7.8%
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 Mandalay, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 54%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 25%.
Field of study
What people studied.
For those with qualifications, the most common fields are Engineering at 18.3%, followed by Management and commerce at 11.4% and Architecture and building at 9.1%.
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 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 Mandalay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31746/mandalay/topic/education