51.0% ▲ +67.6%
Higher than 82% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.4%
- 2016: 44.7%
- 2021: 51.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Glass House Mountains · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Glass House Mountains
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A shift towards higher learning is evident in Glass House Mountains, where the share of people finishing Year 12 rose by 21 points since 2011. While these figures have grown, the local area still trails the state and national benchmarks for school and university completion. Currently, 51% of residents have completed Year 12.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
The proportion of people finishing Year 12 is much higher than in most similar areas, though it remains well below the national figure of 58.8%. For those who didn't finish school, the most common stopping point was Year 10, at 27.1%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Glass House Mountains, Year 12 is the majority at 54%; Year 10 is next at 29%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 14.4% of the population, which is higher than in most similar areas. This figure has risen 6.6 points since 2011, though it is still far below the Australian average of 26.3%.
14.4% ▲ +84.1%
Higher than 65% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.8%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 14.4%
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 Glass House Mountains, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 50%, followed by Bachelor degree (20%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (20%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common qualifications held by residents are in engineering and related fields at 17.4%, followed closely by management and commerce at 16.7%. Other notable fields include society and culture at 11.6% and health at 10.6%.
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 Glass House Mountains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315037/glass-house-mountains/topic/education