37.3% ▼ -6.2%
Lower than 54% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 39.7%
- 2016: 45.3%
- 2021: 37.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Esk · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Esk
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Certificates III and IV are the most common qualifications in Esk, held by 40.7% of adults. The area has a lower rate of formal schooling and university degrees compared to the state and national figures. Overall, the level of tertiary education has fallen slightly since 2011.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 37.3% of residents have finished Year 12, which is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1%. This rate has fallen by 2.5 points since 2011, and about 17.2% of people left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Esk, the largest group is Year 12 at 40%, followed by Year 10 (34%) and Year 9 or below (19%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 8.8% of the population, far below the national figure of 26.3%. This proportion has dipped since 2011, with the most typical qualification being a Certificate III or IV.
8.8% ▼ -11.7%
Lower than 69% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 8.8%
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 Esk, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 53%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 22%.
Field of study
What people studied.
For those with higher qualifications, the most common fields are Engineering and related topics at 17.4%, followed by Management and commerce at 13.4%.
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 Esk [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315033/esk/topic/education