45.2% ▲ +26.2%
Higher than 69% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 35.8%
- 2016: 38.3%
- 2021: 45.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Clermont · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Clermont
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
More people in Clermont have finished high school than in most similar areas, although this remains well below the state average. While 45.2% of residents have completed Year 12, there has been a steady increase in education levels over the last decade.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
The proportion of people finishing Year 12 rose 9.4 points since 2011 to reach 45.2%, which is higher than most similar areas. However, this figure is still far below the national rate of 58.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Clermont, the largest group is Year 12 at 50%, followed by Year 10 (28%) and Year 9 or below (13%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 12.4% of the population, a figure that is well below the Queensland average. Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common, held by 43.8% of residents.
12.4% ▲ +35.0%
Higher than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 12.4%
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 Clermont, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 55%; Bachelor degree is next at 23%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Engineering and related fields are the most common areas of study at 23.8%, followed by management and commerce at 12.0% and education 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 Clermont [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315020/clermont/topic/education