24.1% ▲ +35.9%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.7%
- 2016: 20.2%
- 2021: 24.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Mapoon · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Mapoon
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Low levels of formal schooling and higher degrees shape daily life in Mapoon, where only 24.1% of people have completed Year 12. This is far below the national figure of 58.8%, reflecting a community with very few residents holding university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is among the lowest for similar areas at 24.1%, which is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1%. The most common highest year of school reached is Year 10, at 27.1%.
Highest year of school
View on map →Mapoon splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (34%) and Year 12 (31%), with Year 9 or below at 21%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Just 2.1% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, far below the Australian average of 26.3%. Instead, the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 35.9% of residents.
2.1% ▼ -53.2%
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 2.1%
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 Mapoon, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 59%; Certificate I / II is next at 21%.
Field of study
What people studied.
For those with qualifications, the most common fields are Engineering and related areas at 13.6%, followed by Architecture and building at 11.4%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools located within 3 km of the area, making it smaller for school access 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 Mapoon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31758/mapoon/topic/education