45.5% ▲ +17.9%
Lower than 70% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 38.6%
- 2016: 42.8%
- 2021: 45.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Gracemere · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Education & Qualifications in Gracemere
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Just 9% of adults in Gracemere hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the national figure. While more people have finished school since 2011, the area still sees much lower levels of formal qualifications than most other places.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Less than half of residents have completed Year 12, a figure that is far below both the state and national averages. This rate has risen by 6.9 percentage points since 2011 to reach 45.5%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Gracemere, the largest group is Year 12 at 50%, followed by Year 10 (31%) and Year 9 or below (11%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Certificate III or IV is the most common qualification here, held by 45.5% of adults. The proportion of people with university degrees is among the lowest for similar areas.
9.0% ▲ +14.4%
Lower than 92% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 9.0%
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 Gracemere, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 57%; Bachelor degree is next at 16%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Engineering and related fields are the most common qualifications at 19.9%, followed by management and commerce at 14.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Gracemere has three primary schools, which is fewer than about 55% of similar areas. These schools are smaller than most, with an average size of 328 students.
3
Lower than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Number of schools in the area.
0.93
Lower than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
5
Lower than 90% 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).
984
Lower than 64% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Total students enrolled across the area's schools.
328
Lower than 64% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
911
Lower than 89% 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 Gracemere
5 schools — 1,101 students, average ICSEA 913.
By sector: Government 4 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 5
| Waraburra State School, Gracemere | Government | Primary | 6.0 km | 358 | 855 |
| St Paul's Catholic Primary School, Gracemere | Catholic | Primary | 6.9 km | 331 | 984 |
| Gracemere State School, Gracemere | Government | Primary | 7.1 km | 295 | 898 |
| Stanwell State School, Stanwell | Government | Primary | 8.9 km | 35 | 905 |
| Bouldercombe State School, Bouldercombe | Government | Primary | 11.0 km | 82 | 937 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Gracemere [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/308031210/gracemere/topic/education