24.3% ▲ +43.2%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.0%
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 24.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Pormpuraaw · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Pormpuraaw
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Education levels in Pormpuraaw have remained significantly lower than the national average over the last decade. Only 24.3% of residents have completed Year 12, which is far below the figures for Queensland and Australia.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Completing Year 12 is far less common here than in the rest of the country. About a quarter of residents finished Year 12, while another 25% reached Year 10 and 22.2% finished Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →Pormpuraaw splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (30%) and Year 12 (29%), with Year 9 or below at 26%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is uncommon in the area, with just 5.1% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the 26.3% national figure, while the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV at 33.5%.
5.1% ▲ +68.2%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 5.1%
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 Pormpuraaw, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 57%; Certificate I / II is next at 16%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in Pormpuraaw are spread across several fields. Architecture and building, health, and society and culture are the most common, each accounting for 9.8% of qualifications.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has more schools per 1,000 children than most similar places, though the average school size of 68 students is much lower than usual. All schools here are government-run primary schools.
7.58
Higher than 69% 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).
68
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
602
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 Pormpuraaw
1 school — 68 students, average ICSEA 602.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Pormpuraaw State School, Pormpuraaw | Government | Primary | 35.5 km | 68 | 602 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Pormpuraaw [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32349/pormpuraaw/topic/education