31.8% ▼ -7.1%
Lower than 73% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 34.2%
- 2016: 25.9%
- 2021: 31.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Collinsville · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Collinsville
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 31.8% of residents in Collinsville have completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This highlights a community where many people leave school early or hold vocational certificates rather than university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion is much lower than in most areas, and the proportion of people finishing Year 12 has fallen slightly since 2011 to 31.8%. About 30.9% of residents stopped their schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →Collinsville splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (38%) and Year 10 (37%), with Year 9 or below at 15%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University qualifications are rare here, with only 6.9% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far below the Queensland average. Instead, Certificate III or IV is the most common qualification, held by 42.3% of residents.
6.9% ▼ -23.0%
Lower than 82% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 6.9%
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 Collinsville, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 65%; Bachelor degree is next at 16%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are Engineering at 20.5% and Management and Commerce at 11.5%. Education and hospitality services also make up a notable share of the local study fields.
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 Collinsville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315023/collinsville/topic/education