38.0% ▲ +17.4%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.4%
- 2016: 25.7%
- 2021: 38.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Dysart · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Dysart
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Education levels in Dysart have remained low compared to the rest of the state. Only 38% of residents have finished Year 12, and just 8.6% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the national figure of 26.3%.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Completion of Year 12 is far below the Australian average of 58.8%. In Dysart, 38% of people finished Year 12, while 33.5% stopped at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →Dysart splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (40%) and Year 10 (35%), with Year 9 or below at 14%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The proportion of adults with a university degree is much lower than in most areas. Instead, the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 45.7% of residents.
8.6% ▼ -3.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 8.6%
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 Dysart, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 55%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 22%.
Field of study
What people studied.
For those with qualifications, the most common fields are management and commerce at 17.1%, followed by engineering and society and culture, both at 13.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one government primary school, which is much smaller than most others with an average size of 47 students. This school also has an advantage score of 932, which is much lower than most areas.
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).
47
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
932
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Dysart
1 school — 47 students, average ICSEA 932.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Kempton Primary School, Kempton | Government | Primary | 5.5 km | 47 | 932 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Dysart [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60173/dysart/topic/education