2015-03-03 Attachment 1 it Item 5 Planning & Organisation Agenda Community Profile Report

Noosa Coommunity Profile
Final Rep
        port A



6.        Educ
             cation
6.1       Highestt Level of
                         o Schoolling
           Of resid
                   dents who were
                               w     aged 115 years an
                                                     nd over andd no longerr attending primary/
            secondaary school, there
                               t                     els of responses as to the highest level of
                                     were varying leve
            schoolin
                   ng completedd across loca
                                           alities.
           Residents in Sunshine Beach tto Peregian Beach and Noosa Head            ds were ove er 60.0%
            likely to
                    o have finishe           or equivalent and the lea
                                  ed year 12 o                          ast likely to have been educated
                                                                                                  e
            to year 8 or below (or not gone  e to school).. In light of the higher m median personal and
            househo  old incomes, higher m ortgage rep     payments and weekly rents in th       hese two
                     s, findings suggest the llikelihood that education
            localities                                                 n leads to be etter jobs an
                                                                                                 nd higher
            income, allowing educated peop   ple to live in these localitties.
                    es with resid
           Localitie           dents less e
                                           educated, suuch as Coorooibah, Federral to Ringta ail Creek
            and Noo osa North Shhore, each re
                                            eported apprroximately 15.0%
                                                                   1       of all residents ha
                                                                                             aving not
            completted higher th
                               han year 9 (oor not gone to school at all).

          Figure 6.1:: Highest Lev
                                 vel of Schoo ling, Localitiies, 2011
                                           80%
                                                 Year 12 or equivvalent   Ye
                                                                           ear 11 or equivalentt   Year 10 or equivalent
          Highest Level of Schooling (%)




                                                 Year 9 or equiva
                                                                alent     Ye
                                                                           ear 8 or below          Did not go to school
                                           70%

                                           60%

                                           50%

                                           40%

                                           30%

                                           20%

                                           10%

                                           0%




          Source: ABS (2011a)

           Residents in the Sh hire were ge
                                           enerally jus
                                                      st as educatted as the SState at the
                                                                                         e highest
            secondaary level (ye
                               ear 12) with 51.1% of loocal residents having co
                                                                              ompleted yeear 12 or
            equivale
                   ent (comparred to the State 51.6%   %), while slightly
                                                                   s       belo
                                                                              ow the SEQ Q Region
            (56.3%))
           Residents in the Shire were lesss likely to have
                                                        h    only co
                                                                   ompleted yea ar 8 or below (4.5%
            of all res
                     sidents) com
                                mpared to th e SEQ Regioon (5.6%) annd the State
                                                                               e (6.8%).




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