33.1% —
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.5%
- 2021: 33.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Possum Brush · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Possum Brush
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Forty-three per cent of Possum Brush residents left school after Year 10, making it an area where few people finished high school. This is a stark contrast to the rest of the country, as only 33.1% of people here completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Completion of Year 12 is far below both the state and national figures by 26 percentage points. Most people reached Year 10, while just 6.8% left school at Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Possum Brush, the largest group is Year 10 at 46%, followed by Year 12 (35%) and Year 11 (13%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The share of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is 16.4%, which is well below the Australian average. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 45.7% of people.
16.4% —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 16.4%
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 Possum Brush, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 57%; Bachelor degree is next at 22%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in Possum Brush are spread across several fields, with Engineering and related studies being the most common at 15.2%, followed by Management and commerce at 14.1%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one government primary school in the area, which is smaller and has a much lower advantage score than most similar areas.
1
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality 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).
165
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
938
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Possum Brush
1 school — 165 students, average ICSEA 938.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Nabiac Public School, Nabiac | Government | Primary | 6.5 km | 165 | 938 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Possum Brush [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13263/possum-brush/topic/education