39.2% ▼ -5.6%
Higher than 52% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 41.5%
- 2016: 30.5%
- 2021: 39.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Rosewood · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Rosewood
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer people in Rosewood have finished high school or university compared to most of the country. Only 39.2% of residents finished Year 12, and just 8% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. This means a smaller share of the local workforce has formal higher education than the state or national average.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the national figure at 39.2%, a rate that has fallen slightly since 2011. About 28.1% of residents peaked at Year 10, while 13.8% left school at Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Rosewood, the largest group is Year 12 at 44%, followed by Year 10 (32%) and Year 9 or below (16%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
High-level degrees are rare here, with only 8% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the Queensland figure. Instead, trade and vocational certificates are most common, with 42.9% of the population holding a Certificate III or IV.
8.0% ▼ -26.8%
Lower than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 8.7%
- 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 Rosewood, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 57%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 18%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, Engineering and related fields are the most common at 16.3%. Society and culture (14.4%) and Management and commerce (14.2%) also represent a significant share of local studies.
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 Rosewood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315085/rosewood/topic/education