46.2% —
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 59.1%
- 2021: 46.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Retro · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Retro
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Education qualifications in Retro are most often Certificate III or IV levels, held by 39.1% of adults. This is a sparsely populated area where schooling and higher degree rates are both much lower than the state and national figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Less than half of residents have completed Year 12, at 46.2%. This is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1% and the national average of 58.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Retro, Year 12 is the majority at 62%; Year 10 is next at 28%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 10% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. Most qualified residents hold a Certificate III or IV.
10.0% —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.3%
- 2021: 10.0%
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 Retro, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 50%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (28%) and Bachelor degree (22%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common field is Education at 39.1%, followed by Engineering and related fields at 17.4%.
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 more common situation than in about 59% of similar areas.
0
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 Retro [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32420/retro/topic/education