41.0% ▼ -0.7%
Higher than 58% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 41.2%
- 2016: 35.8%
- 2021: 41.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Gympie · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Gympie
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Gympie sits around the middle of similar areas for education, though it trails far behind state and national figures. Only 41% of people have finished Year 12, and just over 10% of adults hold a university degree. These figures have remained mostly steady or dipped slightly over the last decade.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion in Gympie is 41%, which is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1%. This has barely changed since 2011, when the rate was 41.2%.
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 (16%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are less common here than across the country, with only 10.3% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. The most typical qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 41.8% of residents.
10.3% ▼ -7.5%
Lower than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 10.3%
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 areas of study for qualified residents are engineering and related fields at 14.6%, followed closely by management and commerce at 14.4%.
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/ucl/UCL313006/gympie/topic/education