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Cue · Urban Centre

Education & Qualifications in Cue

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

Far fewer people in Cue finished high school compared to the rest of the country, with only 33.8% completing Year 12. While university qualifications are low compared to the national figure, the proportion of adults with a bachelor degree or higher has risen since 2011.

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📍 Cue, Urban Centre

Where Cue sits — Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

13.8% ▲ +53.3%

All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Cue — higher than 63% of areas.

Cue13.8%
6640, WA 10.0%
Western Australia 23.8%
Australia 26.3%

Schooling

Highest year of school completed.

Only 33.8% of residents completed Year 12, a figure that is far below the Western Australian average and has fallen 3.3 percentage points since 2011. About 18.8% of the population finished Year 10.

Completed Year 12

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33.8% ▼ -9.0%

Lower than 66% 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 Cue, the largest group is Year 12 at 47%, followed by Year 10 (26%) and Year 9 or below (15%).

Year 12 33.8% Year 10 18.8% Year 9 or below 10.5% Year 11 9.0%

Qualifications

Post-school qualifications and degrees.

Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 13.8% of the population, which is higher than most similar areas but well below the state average. Certificate III or IV is the most common qualification at 23.7%.

Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

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13.8% ▲ +53.3%

Higher than 63% 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 Cue, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 37%, followed by Bachelor degree (24%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (18%).

Certificate III / IV 23.7% Bachelor degree 15.8% Advanced diploma / diploma 11.8% Postgraduate degree 7.9% Certificate I / II 5.3%

Field of study

What people studied.

The most common fields of qualification are management and commerce at 17.1%, followed by engineering and related fields at 13.2% and health at 10.5%.

Field of qualification

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In Cue, the largest group is Management & commerce at 32%, followed by Engineering & related (24%) and Health (20%).

Management & commerce 17.1% Engineering & related 13.2% Health 10.5% Creative arts 5.3% Education 3.9% Society & culture 3.9%

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 Cue [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL522018/cue/topic/education