50.6% ▲ +83.7%
Higher than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.6%
- 2016: 31.9%
- 2021: 50.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Daintree · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Daintree
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A significant gap exists between Daintree (L) and the rest of the country, as the area falls well below state and national figures for high school and university completion. However, the local profile is changing quickly, with the share of people finishing Year 12 jumping 23 percentage points since 2011.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About half of residents have finished Year 12, which is much higher than most similar areas but still well below the Queensland figure of 57.1%. This is a notable increase from 2011, when only 27.6% had completed their final year of school.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Daintree, Year 12 is the majority at 51%; Year 10 is next at 38%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University qualifications are becoming more common here, with the share of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher rising 15 points since 2011 to reach 17.1%. While this is much higher than in similar areas, it remains well below the national figure of 26.3%.
17.1% ▲ +612.2%
Higher than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 17.1%
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 Daintree, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 44%, followed by Certificate III / IV (38%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (19%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are health and society and culture, which each account for 25.6% of qualifications. Other common areas of study include engineering and related fields at 15.4%, followed by architecture and agriculture at 10.3% each.
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 Daintree [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322032/daintree/topic/education