41.2% ▼ -12.3%
Higher than 58% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 46.9%
- 2016: 34.6%
- 2021: 41.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Miles · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Miles
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer adults in Miles have finished high school or earned a university degree than they did in 2011. Only 41.2% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This decline in school and higher education levels marks a shift in the town's educational profile over the last decade.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
The share of people who finished Year 12 fell by 5.8 percentage points since 2011 to 41.2%. This is far below the Queensland average of 57.1%, with Year 12 being the most common highest level of schooling reached.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Miles, the largest group is Year 12 at 49%, followed by Year 10 (27%) and Year 9 or below (18%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Just 10.1% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure that is far below the Australian average of 26.3%. The most common qualification in town is a Certificate III or IV, held by 34.7% of residents.
10.1% ▼ -19.0%
Lower than 59% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 10.1%
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 Miles, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 52%; Bachelor degree is next at 24%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Engineering and related fields are the most common qualifications at 13.9%, followed by management and commerce at 11.2%. Other common areas of study include food and hospitality, health, and education.
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 Miles [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315062/miles/topic/education