31.7% ▼ -3.9%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.0%
- 2016: 30.0%
- 2021: 31.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Rathdowney · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Rathdowney
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 31.7% of residents in Rathdowney completed Year 12, a figure far below the national average. This gap in secondary schooling is a defining feature of the area's educational profile, which also sees a low number of adults holding university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion rates are far below those of Queensland and Australia. The most common highest level of schooling reached is Year 10, completed by 36.1% of residents.
Highest year of school
View on map →Rathdowney splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (39%) and Year 12 (34%), with Year 9 or below at 21%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 12.7% of the population, which is well below the state and national figures. Certificates III and IV are the most common qualifications, held by 32.9% of qualified adults.
12.7% ▲ +35.9%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 12.7%
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 Rathdowney, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 44%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (26%) and Bachelor degree (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification are education at 14.8%, followed by engineering and management and commerce, both at 14.1%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Rathdowney has a much higher number of schools per 1,000 children than most areas, though these are all small, government-run primary schools.
17.24
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
2
Higher than 62% 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).
35
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
954
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Rathdowney
2 schools — 69 students, average ICSEA 954.
By sector: Government 2
By type: Primary 2
| Rathdowney State School, Rathdowney | Government | Primary | 6.1 km | 58 | 950 |
| Maroon State School, Maroon | Government | Primary | 9.2 km | 11 | 975 |
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Rathdowney [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32394/rathdowney/topic/education