34.5% ▼ -16.5%
Lower than 63% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 41.4%
- 2016: 25.9%
- 2021: 34.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Clifton · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Clifton
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer people in Clifton have finished high school or university compared to the rest of the state. Only 34.5% of residents completed Year 12, and the number of adults with a university degree has fallen over the last decade. This creates a local profile where most adults rely on trade certificates rather than academic qualifications.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Completion rates for Year 12 are far below the national figure of 58.8%, and have fallen by 6.8 percentage points since 2011. About 32.6% of residents stopped their schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →Clifton splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (38%) and Year 10 (36%), with Year 9 or below at 20%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are rare here, with only 8.0% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the Queensland figure. Instead, trade-based learning is common, as 40.9% of people hold a Certificate III or IV.
8.0% ▼ -27.6%
Lower than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 8.0%
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 Clifton, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 53%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 22%.
Field of study
What people studied.
For those with qualifications, the most common fields are Engineering and Health, each making up 15.4% of the total. Other frequent areas of study include Society and Culture at 12.1%.
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 Clifton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315021/clifton/topic/education