33.9% ▲ +10.0%
Lower than 66% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.8%
- 2016: 39.8%
- 2021: 33.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Laidley · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Laidley
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer adults in Laidley have completed high school or university compared to most other areas. Only 33.9% of people finished Year 12, and bachelor degrees are held by just 6.9% of the population. This suggests a local workforce that relies more on practical skills and trade certificates than formal academic degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion sits at 33.9%, which is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1%, though it has risen 3.1 points since 2011. Roughly 29.1% of residents stopped after Year 10, and 18.8% finished Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Laidley, the largest group is Year 12 at 38%, followed by Year 10 (33%) and Year 9 or below (21%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 6.9% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far below the Australian average of 26.3%. Instead, trade qualifications are more common, with 38% of people holding a Certificate III or IV.
6.9% ▲ +30.0%
Lower than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 6.9%
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 Laidley, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 54%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 20%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common areas of study are management and commerce at 15.7%, followed by society and culture at 13.7% and engineering at 11.6%.
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 Laidley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315050/laidley/topic/education