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New Mapoon · Urban Centre

Education & Qualifications in New Mapoon

How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.

Far fewer people in New Mapoon have finished high school or university compared to the rest of the country. While 46.6% of residents have completed Year 12, this is far below the national figure. However, the proportion of people finishing school has risen by 7.4 percentage points since 2011.

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📍 New Mapoon, Urban Centre

Where New Mapoon sits — Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

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All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is New Mapoon — lower than 99% of areas.

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4876, QLD 7.2%
Queensland 21.9%
Australia 26.3%

Schooling

Highest year of school completed.

Nearly half of residents (46.6%) have finished Year 12, which is higher than in most similar areas. This remains far below the Queensland rate of 57.1%.

Completed Year 12

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46.6% ▲ +18.8%

Higher than 72% of urban centre areas.

Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.

Highest year of school

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In New Mapoon, Year 12 is the majority at 56%; Year 10 is next at 19%.

Year 12 46.6% Year 10 15.8% Year 11 15.0% Year 9 or below 5.3%

Qualifications

Post-school qualifications and degrees.

No adults in the community hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure that fell 10 percentage points since 2011. Instead, many people hold a Certificate III or IV, which 38.6% of residents have achieved.

Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

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Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).

Highest qualification level

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In New Mapoon, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 60%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 24%.

Certificate III / IV 38.6% Advanced diploma / diploma 15.7% Certificate I / II 10.2%

Field of study

What people studied.

The most common qualifications are in management and commerce (16.3%) and society and culture (12.0%). Other notable fields include architecture and building at 6.6%, followed by health and education at 6.0% each.

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In New Mapoon, the largest group is Management & commerce at 30%, followed by Society & culture (22%) and Architecture & building (12%).

Management & commerce 16.3% Society & culture 12.0% Architecture & building 6.6% Health 6.0% Education 6.0% Engineering & related 5.4% Creative arts 2.4%

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 New Mapoon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322092/new-mapoon/topic/education