38.7% ▲ +130.1%
Higher than 50% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.8%
- 2016: 43.9%
- 2021: 38.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Dysart · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Dysart
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer people in Dysart have high-level degrees compared to most similar areas. While only 38.7% of residents have finished Year 12, this is a significant climb from 16.8% in 2011.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the national figure of 58.8%, though it rose 22 points since 2011 to reach 38.7%. About 21.7% of residents had Year 10 as their highest school year.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Dysart, Year 12 is the majority at 53%; Year 10 is next at 29%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 6.4% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the Queensland figure of 21.9%. Instead, Certificate III or IV is the most common qualification, held by 35% of residents.
6.4% ▲ +9.2%
Lower than 85% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 6.4%
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 Dysart, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 63%; Bachelor degree is next at 14%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Engineering and related fields are the most common area of study at 22.9%, followed by management and commerce 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 Dysart [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315031/dysart/topic/education