37.8% ▼ -14.5%
Lower than 52% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 44.2%
- 2016: 37.6%
- 2021: 37.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Proserpine · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Proserpine
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer adults in Proserpine hold a bachelor degree or higher than in most other areas, with only 8% reaching this level. This reflects a broader trend of lower formal schooling rates, as the proportion of people finishing Year 12 has fallen since 2011.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 37.8% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This result is also much lower than the Queensland average and has dropped by 6.4 points over the last decade.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Proserpine, the largest group is Year 12 at 41%, followed by Year 10 (33%) and Year 9 or below (17%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The share of adults with a university degree is far below the state and national levels, falling from 14.8% in 2011 to 8% in 2021. Instead, the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 47.6% of residents.
8.0% ▼ -45.9%
Lower than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.8%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 8.0%
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 Proserpine, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 61%; Bachelor degree is next at 16%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with a qualification, the most common fields are engineering and related roles at 20.3%, followed by society and culture, education, and management each at around 10%.
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 Proserpine [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315081/proserpine/topic/education