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Education & Qualifications in Lowood

How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.

A gap of 23 percentage points separates Lowood from the national figure for Year 12 completions. Only 35.7% of residents finished high school, which is far below both the state and national levels. This pattern of lower formal schooling is reflected in the small number of people with university degrees.

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📍 Lowood, Urban Centre

Where Lowood sits — Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

6.0% ▼ -21.6%

All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Lowood — lower than 87% of areas.

Lowood6.0%
4311, QLD 8.2%
Queensland 21.9%
Australia 26.3%

Schooling

Highest year of school completed.

Year 12 completion sits at 35.7%, which is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1%. This level of schooling has barely changed since 2011.

Completed Year 12

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35.7% ▼ -0.9%

Lower than 59% of urban centre areas.

Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.

Highest year of school

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In Lowood, the largest group is Year 12 at 39%, followed by Year 10 (33%) and Year 9 or below (18%).

Year 12 35.7% Year 10 30.0% Year 9 or below 16.1% Year 11 9.1%

Qualifications

Post-school qualifications and degrees.

Only 6.0% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far below the Australian average of 26.3%. This has fallen by 1.6 percentage points since 2011, and the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV at 44.4%.

Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

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6.0% ▼ -21.6%

Lower than 87% of urban centre areas.

Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).

Field of study

What people studied.

The most common qualifications are in engineering and related fields at 17.1%, followed by management and commerce at 14.4%.

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 Lowood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315054/lowood/topic/education