45.8% ▲ +69.1%
Higher than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.1%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 45.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Black River · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Black River
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Year 12 completion rates have jumped 19 percentage points since 2011 in Black River (L), reaching 45.8%. While this shows a strong upward trend, schooling and university levels remain much lower than the Queensland and national figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 45.8% of people finished Year 12, which is higher than in most similar areas, though this is still far below the 58.8% national figure. Roughly 31.6% of residents stopped at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Black River, the largest group is Year 12 at 50%, followed by Year 10 (34%) and Year 11 (9%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 8.4% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far below both the state and national averages. Most people have a Certificate III or IV, which 51.7% of the population hold.
8.4% ▲ +48.3%
Lower than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 8.4%
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 Black River, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 64%; Bachelor degree is next at 14%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common qualifications are in Engineering and related fields at 26.1%, followed by Management and commerce at 18.4%. Education and hospitality services each account for 8.5% of qualifications.
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 Black River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321014/black-river/topic/education