41.3% ▲ +23.1%
Lower than 65% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 33.6%
- 2016: 36.4%
- 2021: 41.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Gympie · Urban Area
Education & Qualifications in Gympie
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer people hold high-level degrees in Gympie than in most similar areas. While the number of residents finishing school has risen by 7.8 percentage points since 2011, the area remains far below state and national levels for both school and university completions.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 41.3% of people finished Year 12, which is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1%. This is lower than most areas, though nearly 30% of residents reached Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Gympie, the largest group is Year 12 at 44%, followed by Year 10 (32%) and Year 9 or below (15%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are uncommon here, with only 10.4% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the national figure, while the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV at 42.6%.
10.4% ▲ +15.0%
Lower than 89% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 10.4%
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 Gympie, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 53%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 18%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for residents are Engineering and related subjects at 15.5%, followed by Management and commerce at 14.5%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Gympie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/3008/gympie/topic/education