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Education & Qualifications in Oak Beach

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

A far higher proportion of adults hold university degrees in Oak Beach compared to the rest of the state. While Year 12 completion rates align with the Queensland average, the number of people with a bachelor degree or higher has jumped 20 percentage points since 2011 to reach 31.1%.

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Where Oak Beach sits — Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

31.1% ▲ +180.0%

All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Oak Beach — higher than 97% of areas.

Oak Beach31.1%
4877, QLD 20.8%
Queensland 21.9%
Australia 26.3%

Schooling

Highest year of school completed.

More than half of residents have finished Year 12, a figure that rose 14 percentage points since 2011. This is about the same as the Queensland average and just a little below the national figure.

Completed Year 12

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56.9% ▲ +32.0%

Higher than 90% 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 Oak Beach, Year 12 is the majority at 64%; Year 10 is next at 20%.

Year 12 56.9% Year 10 17.8% Year 11 8.0% Year 9 or below 5.7%

Qualifications

Post-school qualifications and degrees.

Higher education is very common here, with 31.1% of adults holding a bachelor degree or more. This is well above the 21.9% seen across Queensland and the 26.3% national average.

Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

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31.1% ▲ +180.0%

Higher than 97% of urban centre areas.

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 Oak Beach, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 34%, followed by Certificate III / IV (25%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (24%).

Bachelor degree 28.7% Certificate III / IV 21.7% Advanced diploma / diploma 20.2% Postgraduate degree 10.1% Graduate diploma / certificate 4.7%

Field of study

What people studied.

The most common qualifications are in society and culture at 14%, followed by management and commerce at 12.4% and engineering at 11.6%.

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 Oak Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322094/oak-beach/topic/education