49.7% ▲ +25.4%
Higher than 73% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 39.6%
- 2016: 43.7%
- 2021: 49.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Mount Isa · Urban Area
Education & Qualifications in Mount Isa
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
More people in Mount Isa have finished high school than in most similar areas, though the city still sits well below the national average. While about half of residents have completed Year 12, university qualifications are far less common here than across Australia.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion has risen 10 points since 2011 to reach 49.7%. Despite this growth, this figure is still well below the Queensland rate of 57.1%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Mount Isa, Year 12 is the majority at 56%; Year 10 is next at 24%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
About 14.5% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 39.1% of residents.
14.5% ▲ +26.2%
Lower than 55% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 14.5%
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 Mount Isa, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 51%; Bachelor degree is next at 23%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Degrees in engineering and related fields are particularly common here, making up 24.7% of all qualifications. Other frequent fields include management and commerce at 11.7% and health at 9.8%.
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 Mount Isa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/3013/mount-isa/topic/education