51.5% ▼ -4.3%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 53.8%
- 2016: 45.1%
- 2021: 51.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Shute Harbour · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Shute Harbour
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Much lower school and university completion rates than the national average mark the education profile of Shute Harbour. While over half the population has finished Year 12, the area lags significantly behind Queensland and Australian trends in both high school and higher education attainment.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 51.5% of residents completed Year 12, which is higher than most similar areas but sits well below the Queensland figure of 57.1%. The most common highest school year reached is Year 12, followed by Year 10 at 20.4%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Shute Harbour, Year 12 is the majority at 64%; Year 10 is next at 25%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 15.5% of the population, which is far below the Australian average of 26.3%. The most common qualifications held are Certificate III or IV, at 26.0%.
15.5% ▼ -25.6%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.9%
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 15.5%
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 Shute Harbour, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 40%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (28%) and Bachelor degree (26%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification are Engineering and related subjects at 18.2%, followed by Society and Culture at 13.0% and Health at 10.4%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of the area, which is a smaller number 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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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Shute Harbour [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32559/shute-harbour/topic/education