56.5% ▲ +73.4%
Higher than 90% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 32.6%
- 2016: 26.0%
- 2021: 56.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Erakala · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Erakala
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
More than half of residents in Erakala have finished Year 12, with 56.5% reaching this milestone. This is a significant jump from 2011, and the area now sees a higher proportion of school leavers than most similar places.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
The proportion of people who completed Year 12 rose by 24 percentage points since 2011 to reach 56.5%, which is about the same as the Queensland figure.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Erakala, Year 12 is the majority at 64%; Year 10 is next at 23%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 16.0% of the population, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but far below the national average. This is a strong increase from 2011, when only 2.6% held such a degree.
16.0% ▲ +514.9%
Higher than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.6%
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 16.0%
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 Erakala, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 50%, followed by Bachelor degree (25%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (20%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common qualifications are in Engineering and related fields at 27.9%, followed by Management and commerce at 17.1%.
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 Erakala [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322040/erakala/topic/education