53.4% ▲ +183.9%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 18.8%
- 2016: 30.7%
- 2021: 53.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Peachester · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Peachester
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Higher levels of schooling and degrees are much more common in Peachester than in most similar areas. While 53.4% of residents have finished Year 12, this is still well below the national figure of 58.8%. The community has seen a huge shift in learning, with more people finishing school and earning degrees since 2011.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
More than half of the residents have completed Year 12, a figure that has risen by 35 percentage points since 2011. Despite this growth, the 53.4% rate remains well below the Queensland average of 57.1%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Peachester, Year 12 is the majority at 55%; Year 10 is next at 29%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
One in five adults holds a bachelor degree or higher, which is much higher than most similar areas. This proportion has climbed 19 percentage points since 2011, though it sits well below the Australian figure of 26.3%.
20.0% ▲ +1509.4%
Higher than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 1.2%
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 20.0%
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 Peachester, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 44%, followed by Bachelor degree (27%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (20%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common qualifications held by residents are in Engineering and related fields at 17.3%, followed by Management and commerce at 13.3%.
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 Peachester [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321081/peachester/topic/education