28.1% ▼ -25.7%
Lower than 85% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 37.8%
- 2016: 46.0%
- 2021: 28.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Proston · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Proston
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer residents in Proston have completed high school and university degrees compared to ten years ago. The proportion of people who finished Year 12 has fallen by nearly 10 points since 2011, leaving the area with a much lower level of formal education than most of Australia.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 28.1% of residents have completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. The most common highest year of school completed here is Year 10, at 35.1%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Proston, the largest group is Year 10 at 40%, followed by Year 12 (32%) and Year 9 or below (20%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 8.0% of the population, a figure far below the Queensland average of 21.9%. Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common, held by 31.3% of residents.
8.0% ▼ -38.3%
Lower than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 8.0%
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 Proston, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 51%; Bachelor degree is next at 19%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields of study are Education at 17.0%, Engineering and related fields at 11.6%, and Health at 9.8%.
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 Proston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322099/proston/topic/education