53.9% ▲ +96.3%
Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.5%
- 2016: 34.2%
- 2021: 53.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Bowen Mountain · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Bowen Mountain
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Significant gaps exist between Bowen Mountain and wider regions, as the area falls well below state and national figures for school and university completions. Despite this, local education levels have climbed sharply, with the share of people finishing Year 12 rising by 26 percentage points since 2011.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion rose to 53.9% since 2011, which is much higher than most similar areas, though it remains well below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. About 27.8% of residents finished Year 10 as their highest school year.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Bowen Mountain, Year 12 is the majority at 57%; Year 10 is next at 29%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 20.9% of the population, a figure that has risen 10 points since 2011. While this is much higher than in most similar areas, it is well below the Australian average of 26.3%.
20.9% ▲ +97.9%
Higher than 83% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 20.9%
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 Bowen Mountain, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 44%, followed by Bachelor degree (23%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (17%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common qualifications held by residents are in management and commerce at 16.3%, followed by engineering at 13.9% and society and culture at 13.3%.
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 Bowen Mountain [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115025/bowen-mountain/topic/education