49.0% ▲ +22.5%
Higher than 56% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 40.0%
- 2016: 44.0%
- 2021: 49.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
4516, QLD · Postcode
Education & Qualifications in 4516, QLD
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Practical skills and vocational training are more common than university degrees in postcode 4516. While fewer people here finished Year 12 compared to the national figure, the number of residents with a high school diploma has risen by 9.0 percentage points since 2011.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Fewer than half of the population, 49.0%, have completed Year 12, which is well below the national figure of 58.8%. This is a significant improvement from 2011, when only 40.0% had finished school.
Highest year of school
View on map →In 4516, QLD, Year 12 is the majority at 52%; Year 10 is next at 30%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 12.6% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far below the Australian average of 26.3%. Instead, the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 45.0% of residents.
12.6% ▲ +41.3%
Lower than 62% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →In 4516, QLD, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 53%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 19%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Those with qualifications in postcode 4516 are most likely to have studied Engineering and related fields (18.7%) or Management and commerce (15.3%).
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Education for children is provided entirely by government primary schools. While the average school size is much higher than most areas at 538 students, there are far fewer schools per child than in similar places.
1.18
Lower than 90% of postcode areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
1
Lower than 71% of postcode areas.
Schools serving the area — within 3 km of small areas, or inside larger ones. A measure of access (catchments overlap, so don't add it across areas).
538
Lower than 55% of postcode areas.
Total students enrolled across the area's schools.
538
Higher than 78% of postcode areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
988
Lower than 54% of postcode areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving 4516, QLD
1 school — 538 students, average ICSEA 988.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Elimbah State School, Elimbah | Government | Primary | 2.4 km | 538 | 988 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in 4516, QLD [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA4516/4516-qld/topic/education