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Qualifications

  • Of the 60,930 people aged 15 years and over in the Outer South-East Region, 7,582 people (12.4%) had obtained a bachelor degree since leaving school and 8,565 people (14.1%) had a trade certificate. A further 1,403 people (2.3%) had a postgraduate degree.

  • Stretton-Karawatha had the highest proportion of people with a postgraduate degree (3.3%) and with a bachelor degree (15.3%).

  • Trade certificates had been awarded to 15.8% of the population aged 15 years and over in Kuraby (the highest proportion of any SLA in the Outer South-East Region) but only 10.5% in Stretton-Karawatha.

 Non-school qualifications (numbers)
 Persons aged 15 years and over (excluding overseas visitors)
 
Postgrad.
Degree
No.
Grad. Dip. &
Grad. Cert.
No.
Bachelor
Degree
No.
Adv. Dip. &
Diploma
No.
Certificate
No.
Not stated
No.
None or Still
studying (a)
No.
Total aged
15 and over
No.
 Eight Mile Plains
265 
125 
1,158 
627 
1,174 
728 
4,739 
8,816 
 Kuraby
74 
53 
429 
230 
551 
266 
1,884 
3,487 
 MacGregor
121 
47 
588 
305 
547 
360 
2,391 
4,359 
 Mansfield
143 
109 
856 
519 
1,053 
525 
4,194 
7,399 
 Mount Gravatt
75 
39 
331 
196 
357 
237 
1,307 
2,542 
 Mount Gravatt East
145 
115 
981 
518 
1,090 
804 
3,945 
7,598 
 Rochedale
19 
111 
46 
146 
119 
567 
1,012 
 Runcorn
196 
111 
1,056 
684 
1,388 
771 
5,173 
9,379 
 Stretton-Karawatha
78 
22 
360 
157 
247 
160 
1,335 
2,359 
 Upper Mount Gravatt
113 
91 
666 
377 
885 
629 
3,495 
6,256 
 Wishart
174 
141 
1,046 
620 
1,127 
703 
3,912 
7,723 
 Outer South-East Region
1,403 
857 
7,582 
4,279 
8,565 
5,302 
32,942 
60,930 
 Brisbane City
21,214 
13,362 
102,742 
49,102 
95,037 
70,149 
362,851 
714,457 

(a) includes no qualifications, still studying or outside scope of ASCED

 

 Non-school qualifications (percentages)
 Persons aged 15 years and over (excluding overseas visitors)
 
Postgrad.
Degree
%
Grad. Dip. &
Grad. Cert.
%
Bachelor
Degree
%
Adv. Dip. &
Diploma
%
Certificate
%
Not stated
%
None or Still
studying (a)
%
Total aged
15 and over
%
 Eight Mile Plains
3.0% 
1.4% 
13.1% 
7.1% 
13.3% 
8.3% 
53.8% 
100.0% 
 Kuraby
2.1% 
1.5% 
12.3% 
6.6% 
15.8% 
7.6% 
54.0% 
100.0% 
 MacGregor
2.8% 
1.1% 
13.5% 
7.0% 
12.5% 
8.3% 
54.9% 
100.0% 
 Mansfield
1.9% 
1.5% 
11.6% 
7.0% 
14.2% 
7.1% 
56.7% 
100.0% 
 Mount Gravatt
3.0% 
1.5% 
13.0% 
7.7% 
14.0% 
9.3% 
51.4% 
100.0% 
 Mount Gravatt East
1.9% 
1.5% 
12.9% 
6.8% 
14.3% 
10.6% 
51.9% 
100.0% 
 Rochedale
1.9% 
0.4% 
11.0% 
4.5% 
14.4% 
11.8% 
56.0% 
100.0% 
 Runcorn
2.1% 
1.2% 
11.3% 
7.3% 
14.8% 
8.2% 
55.2% 
100.0% 
 Stretton-Karawatha
3.3% 
0.9% 
15.3% 
6.7% 
10.5% 
6.8% 
56.6% 
100.0% 
 Upper Mount Gravatt
1.8% 
1.5% 
10.6% 
6.0% 
14.1% 
10.1% 
55.9% 
100.0% 
 Wishart
2.3% 
1.8% 
13.5% 
8.0% 
14.6% 
9.1% 
50.7% 
100.0% 
 Outer South-East Region
2.3% 
1.4% 
12.4% 
7.0% 
14.1% 
8.7% 
54.1% 
100.0% 
 Brisbane City
3.0% 
1.9% 
14.4% 
6.9% 
13.3% 
9.8% 
50.8% 
100.0% 

(a) includes no qualifications, still studying or outside scope of ASCED

 


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