39.6% ▲ +7.1%
Higher than 53% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 36.9%
- 2016: 28.4%
- 2021: 39.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Laidley Heights · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Laidley Heights
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common achievement for 42.8% of residents in Laidley Heights. This is an area where fewer people have finished high school or university compared to the rest of the state. Only 9.6% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 39.6% of people here completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This result has risen slightly by 2.6 points since 2011, though 35.2% of the population still list Year 10 as their highest grade.
Highest year of school
View on map →Laidley Heights splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (42%) and Year 10 (37%), with Year 9 or below at 14%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The proportion of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is 9.6%, which is far below the Queensland average of 21.9%. While this figure rose 1.2 points since 2011, the area remains lower than most other similar places.
9.6% ▲ +14.8%
Lower than 63% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.3%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 9.6%
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 Laidley Heights, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 53%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 22%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with degrees or certificates, the most common fields are engineering and related topics at 16.1%, followed by management and commerce at 15.2%.
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 Laidley Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321065/laidley-heights/topic/education