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LEARN MORE ABOUT .idIn 2021, 87.6% of Rockhampton Regional Council's population aged 12 to 17 years attended an educational institution.
The share of particular age groups attending education is a particularly important socio-economic characteristic, when applied to age groups under 25.
Typically, the ages at which people are likely to attend particular education is as follows:
Significantly lower rates of school attendance among those age groups to which it usually applies can indicate a high school dropout rate, while high rates can indicate the presence of major schools in the area. For tertiary education, this is particularly affected by proximity to universities, and some areas may have close to 100% of their 18-24 year olds in university education, indicating an area catering for students in particular. A low rate may mean a loss of young people who move elsewhere for education.
'What type of educational institution is the person attending?'
Education institution attending | |||||||
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Rockhampton Regional Council - 12 to 17 years | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||
Type of institution | Number | % | Regional QLD | Number | % | Regional QLD | 2016 to 2021 |
Pre-school | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 |
Primary school | 204 | 2.9 | 4.1 | 247 | 3.6 | 4.1 | -43 |
Secondary school | 5,853 | 83.3 | 83.0 | 5,448 | 80.2 | 79.8 | +405 |
TAFE/Vocational | 27 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 50 | 0.7 | 1.1 | -23 |
University | 6 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 74 | 1.1 | 0.9 | -68 |
Other | 66 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 63 | 0.9 | 0.7 | +3 |
Not attending | 320 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 365 | 5.4 | 5.0 | -45 |
Not stated | 548 | 7.8 | 7.0 | 547 | 8.1 | 8.4 | +1 |
Total people | 7,024 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 6,794 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +230 |
Analysis of the population aged 12 to 17 years attending educational institutions in Rockhampton Regional Council in 2021 compared to Regional QLD shows that there was a lower proportion attending primary school, a similar proportion attending secondary school, and a lower proportion engaged in tertiary level education.
Overall, 2.9% of the population aged 12 to 17 years were attending primary school, 83.3% were attending secondary school, and 0.5% were engaged in tertiary level education, compared with 4.1%, 83.0% and 1.0% respectively for Regional QLD.
The major difference between the share of children aged 12 to 17 years attending learning institutions in Rockhampton and Regional QLD was:
From 2016 to 2021, Rockhampton's population aged 12 to 17 years increased by 230 people (+3.4%). This represents an average annual change of 0.67% per year over the period.
The largest changes in the number of children aged 12 to 17 years attending education institutions in Rockhampton, between 2016 and 2021 were:
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