30.7% ▼ -27.5%
Lower than 77% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 42.3%
- 2016: 39.7%
- 2021: 30.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Aldershot · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Aldershot
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer residents have completed high school or university in Aldershot (L) since 2011. Only 30.7% of people here finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure. These trends highlight a local decline in formal education levels over the last decade.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion has fallen 12 points since 2011 to 30.7%, a result far below the Queensland average. The most common highest year of school finished here is Year 10, at 35.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Aldershot, the largest group is Year 10 at 40%, followed by Year 12 (34%) and Year 9 or below (16%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 4.2% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is among the lowest for similar areas and far below the national figure. Most people's highest qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 53.1% of residents.
4.2% ▼ -64.2%
Lower than 93% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 4.2%
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 Aldershot, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 70%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 12%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Engineering and related fields are the most common qualifications at 19.2%, followed by society and culture at 11.7% and food, hospitality and personal services at 10.9%.
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 Aldershot [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321001/aldershot/topic/education