34.3% ▲ +24.8%
Lower than 92% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 27.5%
- 2016: 29.8%
- 2021: 34.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Millmerran · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Education & Qualifications in Millmerran
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common achievement in Millmerran, held by 38.1% of adults. This is a place where school and university completion rates are far below the national figures, although more people have finished Year 12 than they did in 2011.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 34.3% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1%. This rate is among the lowest for similar areas, despite rising 6.8 points since 2011.
Highest year of school
View on map →Millmerran splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (39%) and Year 10 (37%), with Year 9 or below at 18%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 9.4% of the population, which is far below the Australian figure of 26.3%. This represents a small increase of 2.1 points over the last decade.
9.4% ▲ +28.1%
Lower than 91% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 9.4%
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 Millmerran, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 53%; Bachelor degree is next at 21%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification are Engineering and related studies at 16.2%, followed by Management and commerce at 11.7% and Agriculture and environment at 9.7%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Millmerran has three schools with a total of 360 enrolments. These schools are much smaller than most areas, and the average school advantage score is also much lower than most areas.
3
Lower than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Number of schools in the area.
5.87
Higher than 89% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
3
Lower than 94% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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).
360
Lower than 88% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Total students enrolled across the area's schools.
120
Lower than 89% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
930
Lower than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Millmerran
3 schools — 360 students, average ICSEA 930.
By sector: Government 2 · Catholic 1
By type: Combined 2 · Primary 1
| Millmerran State School, Millmerran | Government | Combined | 13.0 km | 239 | 928 |
| St Joseph's School, Millmerran | Catholic | Primary | 13.4 km | 82 | 972 |
| Cecil Plains State School, Cecil Plains | Government | Combined | 34.4 km | 39 | 851 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Millmerran [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/307021181/millmerran/topic/education