42.1% ▲ +16.2%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.2%
- 2016: 44.2%
- 2021: 42.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Rocksberg · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Rocksberg
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer residents in Rocksberg have completed high school or university compared to most similar areas. Only 42.1% of people finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This trend continues into higher education, where the share of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is also much lower than across the state and country.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion sits at 42.1%, which is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1%. About 30% of residents stopped their schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Rocksberg, the largest group is Year 12 at 48%, followed by Year 10 (34%) and Year 9 or below (10%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Just 11.2% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far below the Australian average of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 40.1% of the population.
11.2% ▼ -13.3%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.9%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 11.2%
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 Rocksberg, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 56%; Bachelor degree is next at 18%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are engineering and related subjects at 19.7%, followed by management and commerce at 13.6%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of the area, making it smaller than about 59% of similar areas.
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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 Rocksberg [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32453/rocksberg/topic/education