27.8% ▲ +1.2%
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.5%
- 2016: 33.2%
- 2021: 27.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Halifax · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Halifax
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Schooling levels in Halifax have barely changed since 2011, but the proportion of adults with university degrees has actually fallen. Only 27.8% of people here finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This creates a local profile where vocational training is much more common than higher education.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Just over a quarter of residents completed Year 12, a figure far below the Queensland average of 57.1%. The most common highest year of schooling is Year 10, reached by 38.4% of people.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Halifax, the largest group is Year 10 at 40%, followed by Year 12 (29%) and Year 9 or below (22%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are rare in Halifax, with only 4.6% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the national figure of 26.3%, while over half of the community hold a Certificate III or IV.
4.6% ▼ -21.0%
Lower than 91% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 4.6%
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 Halifax, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 68%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 17%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are Engineering and related subjects at 23.8%, followed by Management and commerce at 12.5%.
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 Halifax [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322055/halifax/topic/education