30.6% ▲ +36.4%
Lower than 77% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.5%
- 2016: 25.9%
- 2021: 30.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Aramac · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Aramac
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Just 30.6% of residents in Aramac have completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure. While school completion and university degrees have both risen since 2011, the area continues to have much lower levels of formal education than most other places.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 30.6% of people finished Year 12, a figure far below the 58.8% seen across Australia. This is a rise of 8.2 points since 2011, yet Year 10 remains the most common highest year of school for 38.2% of residents.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Aramac, the largest group is Year 10 at 42%, followed by Year 12 (34%) and Year 9 or below (22%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 6.0% of the population, which is far below the Queensland figure of 21.9%. Trade qualifications are more common here, with 41.3% of people holding a Certificate III or IV.
6.0% ▲ +135.1%
Lower than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 6.0%
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 Aramac, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 65%; Bachelor degree is next at 23%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Those with qualifications in Aramac are most often trained in engineering and related fields at 25.3%, followed by education at 20.0%.
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 Aramac [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322005/aramac/topic/education