32.5% ▲ +6.5%
Lower than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.5%
- 2016: 40.4%
- 2021: 32.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Haliday Bay - Ball Bay · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Haliday Bay - Ball Bay
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Just 7.1% of adults in Haliday Bay - Ball Bay (L) hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the national figure. This reflects a community where higher education is much less common than in most other areas. While these numbers are low, the proportion of university-qualified residents has risen since 2011.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 32.5% of residents finished Year 12, a figure far below both Queensland and Australia. The most common highest year of school completed is Year 10, reached by 35.8% of people.
Highest year of school
View on map →Haliday Bay - Ball Bay splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (41%) and Year 12 (37%), with Year 9 or below at 14%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The area has a much lower rate of university degrees than most places, though this rose from 1.0% in 2011 to 7.1% in 2021. Most qualified adults hold a Certificate III or IV, which 37.1% of the population have achieved.
7.1% ▲ +612.0%
Lower than 80% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 1.0%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 7.1%
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 Haliday Bay - Ball Bay, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 58%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 18%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, Engineering and related fields are the most common at 27.5%, followed by Management and commerce at 13.5%.
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 Haliday Bay - Ball Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322054/haliday-bay-ball-bay/topic/education