36.6% ▼ -31.2%
Lower than 56% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 53.2%
- 2016: 33.9%
- 2021: 36.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Walkamin · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Walkamin
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
About 40% of adults in Walkamin hold a Certificate III or IV as their highest qualification. This is a place where formal schooling and university degrees are far less common than in the rest of Queensland and Australia.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 36.6% of residents finished Year 12, a figure that has fallen by 17 points since 2011 and sits far below the national average.
Highest year of school
View on map →Walkamin splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (39%) and Year 10 (38%), with Year 9 or below at 15%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is uncommon here, with only 10.1% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the Queensland figure of 21.9%.
10.1% ▼ -47.3%
Lower than 59% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.1%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 10.1%
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 Walkamin, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 56%; Bachelor degree is next at 21%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are Engineering and related subjects at 21.6%, followed by Health at 12.4%.
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 Walkamin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322129/walkamin/topic/education