46.3% ▲ +45.1%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.9%
- 2016: 40.2%
- 2021: 46.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
New Mapoon · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in New Mapoon
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 25 percentage points separates New Mapoon from the national figure for adults with a bachelor degree. This is a community where fewer people have finished high school compared to the rest of Australia, and very few hold university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Fewer than half of residents, 46.3%, have completed Year 12, which is far below the figures for Queensland and Australia.
Highest year of school
View on map →In New Mapoon, Year 12 is the majority at 56%; Year 11 is next at 19%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 1.1% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, among the lowest for similar areas. Most qualified adults hold a Certificate III or IV, making up 37.2% of the group.
1.1% ▼ -27.3%
Lower than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.5%
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 1.1%
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 New Mapoon, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 57%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 26%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common qualifications are in management and commerce at 15%, followed by society and culture at 11.7%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one government combined school within 3km, which is much larger than most schools in similar areas with an average size of 563 students.
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).
563
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
681
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 New Mapoon
1 school — 563 students, average ICSEA 681.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Combined 1
| Northern Peninsula Area State College, Bamaga | Government | Combined | 12.2 km | 563 | 681 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in New Mapoon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32131/new-mapoon/topic/education