17.4% ▼ -66.4%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 51.6%
- 2016: 35.7%
- 2021: 17.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Doomadgee · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Doomadgee
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Doomadgee have finished high school or university compared to the rest of the country. Only 17.4% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This gap highlights a significant difference in educational attainment for the community.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion rates fell sharply by 34 points since 2011, leaving Doomadgee among the lowest areas for school finishing. Currently, 45.4% of residents list Year 10 as their highest year of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Doomadgee, the largest group is Year 10 at 48%, followed by Year 9 or below (22%) and Year 12 (18%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 7.1% of the population, which is far below the Queensland figure of 21.9%. This proportion also dropped by 8.9 points since the 2011 census.
7.1% ▼ -55.5%
Lower than 80% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.0%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 7.1%
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 Doomadgee, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 53%; Bachelor degree is next at 23%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are Education at 16.3% and Health at 11.3%. Architecture and building are also prominent at 9.2%.
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 Doomadgee [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315030/doomadgee/topic/education