31.8% ▲ +0.7%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.6%
- 2016: 32.2%
- 2021: 31.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Richmond · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Richmond
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer residents in Richmond have completed high school compared to the rest of the country, with only 31.8% finishing Year 12. This gap is seen in higher education too, as the town has a much lower rate of university degrees than most other areas.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 31.8% of people finished Year 12, which is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1% and the national figure of 58.8%. Around 28.9% of residents finished Year 10, while 12.6% left after Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →Richmond splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (39%) and Year 10 (36%), with Year 9 or below at 16%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Just 7.7% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. The most common qualification here is a Certificate III or IV, held by 32.2% of residents.
7.7% ▲ +11.9%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 7.7%
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 Richmond, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 55%; Bachelor degree is next at 19%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in Richmond are most often in Engineering and related fields at 14.2%, followed by Management and commerce at 10.7% and Society and culture at 9.6%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has a higher number of schools per 1,000 children than most areas, though the average school size of 111 is lower. All local schools are government-run combined schools.
8.00
Higher than 71% 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).
111
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
885
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Richmond
1 school — 111 students, average ICSEA 885.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Combined 1
| Richmond State School, Richmond | Government | Combined | 13.1 km | 111 | 885 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Richmond [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32425/richmond/topic/education