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Education & Qualifications in Normanton

How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.

Fewer people have finished high school or university in Normanton than in most other similar areas. Only 31% of residents have completed Year 12, and the number of adults with a bachelor degree or higher has fallen since 2011. These figures show a community where formal higher education is less common than in the rest of the state.

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📍 Normanton, Urban Centre

Where Normanton sits — Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

8.6% ▼ -35.5%

All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Normanton — lower than 71% of areas.

Normanton8.6%
4890, QLD 8.2%
Queensland 21.9%
Australia 26.3%

Schooling

Highest year of school completed.

Only 31% of people here finished Year 12, which is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1% and has fallen 13 points since 2011. Nearly 30% of residents peaked at Year 10, while 18.2% left school in Year 9 or earlier.

Completed Year 12

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31.0% ▼ -28.9%

Lower than 76% of urban centre areas.

Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.

Highest year of school

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Normanton splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (35%) and Year 10 (34%), with Year 9 or below at 21%.

Year 12 31.0% Year 10 29.8% Year 9 or below 18.2% Year 11 8.8%

Qualifications

Post-school qualifications and degrees.

The proportion of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is 8.6%, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 33.3% of residents.

Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

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8.6% ▼ -35.5%

Lower than 71% of urban centre areas.

Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).

Field of study

What people studied.

Qualifications in this area are spread across several fields, with Education being the most common at 13%. Management and commerce (12.6%) and engineering (12.3%) also make up a significant share of the local degrees and certificates.

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 Normanton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321079/normanton/topic/education