27.5% ▼ -28.3%
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 38.3%
- 2016: 28.4%
- 2021: 27.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Glenwood · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Glenwood
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 31 percentage points separates Glenwood from the national average for Year 12 completion. This area has far fewer residents with higher school and university qualifications than most other parts of Australia. Only 6.2% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Just 27.5% of residents have finished Year 12, a figure that is far below the Queensland average and has fallen 11 points since 2011. The most common highest school year reached is Year 10, at 36.6%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Glenwood, the largest group is Year 10 at 42%, followed by Year 12 (32%) and Year 9 or below (16%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are uncommon here, with only 6.2% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher, which is much lower than most areas. Instead, the most typical qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 42.8% of people.
6.2% ▼ -9.0%
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 6.2%
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 Glenwood, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 62%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 16%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are Engineering and related studies at 18.5%, followed by Society and Culture at 11.6%.
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 Glenwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321044/glenwood/topic/education