24.2% ▲ +4.3%
Lower than 91% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.2%
- 2016: 40.3%
- 2021: 24.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Poona · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Poona
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A small rise in university degrees and school completion marks the recent trend in Poona. Only 24.2% of residents have finished Year 12, which is far below the figures for Queensland and Australia.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion is among the lowest for similar areas, with only 24.2% of people finishing Year 12. This is far below the national figure of 58.8%, though it has risen slightly since 2011.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Poona, the largest group is Year 10 at 48%, followed by Year 12 (27%) and Year 9 or below (16%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Bachelor degrees or higher are held by 7.4% of adults, which is much lower than most areas. This result is far below the Queensland figure of 21.9%, though the proportion rose by 1.8 points over the last decade.
7.4% ▲ +32.2%
Lower than 78% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.6%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 7.4%
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 Poona, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 62%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 20%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common qualifications in the area are in engineering and related fields at 22%, followed by management and commerce at 13.6%.
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 Poona [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321085/poona/topic/education