37.9% ▲ +41.2%
Lower than 52% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.8%
- 2016: 46.3%
- 2021: 37.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Mirani · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Mirani
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Mirani sits around the middle of similar areas for school completion, though university qualifications remain uncommon. Only 8.9% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. Despite these gaps, the community has seen a steady increase in both school and university attainment over the last decade.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Fewer people in Mirani finished high school compared to the wider state, with 37.9% completing Year 12. This is far below Queensland's 57.1%, though the figure has risen 11 points since 2011.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Mirani, the largest group is Year 12 at 46%, followed by Year 10 (35%) and Year 9 or below (11%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Trade and vocational certificates are the most common qualifications here, held by 35.9% of residents. This helps explain why the proportion of people with a bachelor degree is much lower than in most other Australian areas.
8.9% ▲ +19.7%
Lower than 68% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 8.9%
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 Mirani, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 57%; Bachelor degree is next at 19%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Engineering and related fields are the most popular areas of study, making up 19.7% of qualifications. Other common fields include education at 11.9% and management and commerce at 8.2%.
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 Mirani [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315064/mirani/topic/education