22.4% ▼ -39.5%
Lower than 93% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 37.1%
- 2016: 26.6%
- 2021: 22.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Pormpuraaw · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Pormpuraaw
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Low levels of formal schooling shape daily life in Pormpuraaw, where only 22.4% of residents have completed Year 12. This is far below the national figure and reflects a sharp decline in school completion rates over the last decade.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion is among the lowest for similar areas, falling 15 points since 2011 to just 22.4%. The most common highest year of school reached is Year 10, at 25.1%.
Highest year of school
View on map →Pormpuraaw splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (30%) and Year 12 (27%), with Year 9 or below at 27%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Very few adults hold a bachelor degree or higher at 4.5%, which is far below the Queensland figure of 21.9%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 31.3% of residents.
4.5% ▼ -39.0%
Lower than 92% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 4.5%
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 Pormpuraaw, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 56%; Certificate I / II is next at 17%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across several fields, with society and culture being the most common at 11.5%, followed by health at 10.1%.
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 Pormpuraaw [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321086/pormpuraaw/topic/education