54.0% ▲ +33.9%
Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 40.3%
- 2016: 45.3%
- 2021: 54.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Bamaga · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Bamaga
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common achievement in Bamaga, where 37.3% of adults hold one. While school completion rates have climbed significantly, the town still sees fewer residents with university degrees than the national average.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
More than half of residents have finished Year 12, a figure that rose 14 points since 2011. Despite this growth, the 54% completion rate remains well below the figures for Queensland and Australia.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Bamaga, Year 12 is the majority at 62%; Year 11 is next at 16%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
About 11.9% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. This proportion has grown slightly by 1.0 point over the last decade.
11.9% ▲ +9.5%
Higher than 53% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 11.9%
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 Bamaga, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 51%; Bachelor degree is next at 17%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across several fields, with Education and Management & Commerce both topping the list at 13.2%. Society & culture follows at 10.8%.
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 Bamaga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315006/bamaga/topic/education