50.0% —
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 41.5%
- 2021: 50.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Stokes · Suburb / Locality
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Zero adults in Stokes hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far below both the state and national levels. While half of the population has finished Year 12, the area generally has lower formal educational attainment than most other regions.
Highest year of school completed.
Half of residents have completed Year 12, which is higher than in most similar areas, though this is still well below the Queensland figure of 57.1%.
50.0% —
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
In Stokes, Year 12 is the majority at 57%; Year 10 is next at 23%.
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The most common qualifications are Certificate III or IV, held by 32.6% of adults. This helps explain why the number of university degrees is far below the national average of 26.3%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
In Stokes, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 50%, followed by Certificate I / II (29%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (21%).
What people studied.
Qualifications are most often in agriculture and the environment (32.6%) or engineering (14.0%), with management and food services each accounting for 7.0%.
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of the area, a situation seen in about 59% of similar locations.
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).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Stokes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32667/stokes/topic/education