28.4% ▲ +21.2%
Lower than 84% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.5%
- 2016: 47.0%
- 2021: 28.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Howard · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Howard
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer residents in Howard have finished high school compared to the rest of the state. Only 28.4% of people here completed Year 12, which is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1%. This trend of lower formal schooling is reflected across the community's qualifications.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 10 is the most common highest year of school completed at 33.6%. While the proportion of people finishing Year 12 has risen 5.0 points since 2011, it remains far below the national average.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Howard, the largest group is Year 10 at 37%, followed by Year 12 (31%) and Year 9 or below (24%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is uncommon here, with only 6.1% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the 26.3% seen across Australia, though the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV at 41.0%.
6.1% ▲ +40.7%
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 6.1%
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 Howard, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 58%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 18%.
Field of study
What people studied.
For those with qualifications, Engineering is the most common field of study at 14.4%. Health and Society and Culture also feature prominently, each held by about 12% of qualified residents.
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 Howard [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315043/howard/topic/education