26.4% ▼ -1.5%
Lower than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.8%
- 2016: 33.2%
- 2021: 26.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Palm Island · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Palm Island
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer residents have completed secondary or tertiary study in Palm Island compared to most other areas. Only 26.4% of people have finished Year 12, and university degrees are rare here, with only 4.3% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion rates are far below the Queensland figure of 57.1%, and this has barely changed since 2011. The most common highest year of school reached is Year 10, at 27.1%.
Highest year of school
View on map →Palm Island splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (30%) and Year 12 (29%), with Year 9 or below at 25%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher are among the lowest in the country, sitting far below the national figure of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 32.8% of residents.
4.3% ▼ -8.7%
Lower than 92% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 4.3%
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 Palm Island, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 53%; Bachelor degree is next at 16%.
Field of study
What people studied.
For those with qualifications, the most common fields are society and culture at 11.5%, followed by health and education, which both stand at 11.2%.
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 Palm Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315077/palm-island/topic/education