Analysis of the share of the female population attending educational institutions in FNQROC region in 2021 compared to Australia shows that there was a similar proportion attending primary school, a similar proportion attending secondary school, and a lower proportion engaged in tertiary level education.
Overall, 7.6% of the female population were attending primary school, 6.6% of the female population were attending secondary institutions, and 5.8% were learning at a tertiary level, compared with 7.8%, 6.2% and 7.9% respectively for Australia.
The major differences between the share of the female population attending learning institutions in FNQROC region and Australia were:
- A smaller percentage of females attending University (3.5% compared to 5.4%)
- A smaller percentage of females not attending (68.7% compared to 69.8%)