64.1% ▲ +18.5%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 54.1%
- 2016: 58.1%
- 2021: 64.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Queanbeyan East · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Queanbeyan East
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Higher education levels shape daily life in Queanbeyan East, where more people finish school and earn degrees than in most similar areas. A striking 64.1% of residents have completed Year 12, which is well above the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion is strong here, with 64.1% of people finishing Year 12. This is well above the New South Wales figure of 58.9%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Queanbeyan East, Year 12 is the majority at 68%; Year 10 is next at 18%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 28% of the population, which is much higher than most similar areas and a little above the Australian average.
28.0% ▲ +41.5%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.8%
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 28.0%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Queanbeyan East splits fairly evenly between Certificate III / IV (31%) and Bachelor degree (30%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 17%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common qualifications are in management and commerce at 19.3%, followed by society and culture at 15.9% and engineering at 13.2%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Families have plenty of options with nine schools within 3km, more than 81% of similar areas. Most of these are government schools.
2.95
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
9
Higher than 78% 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).
385
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
998
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Queanbeyan East
9 schools — 3,466 students, average ICSEA 998.
By sector: Government 8 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 5 · Combined 2 · Secondary 2
| Queanbeyan East Public School, Queanbeyan | Government | Primary | 0.1 km | 280 | 1,031 |
| St Gregory's Primary School, Queanbeyan | Catholic | Primary | 1.0 km | 730 | 1,056 |
| Queanbeyan Public School, Queanbeyan | Government | Primary | 1.7 km | 361 | 997 |
| Finigan School of Distance Education, Queanbeyan | Government | Combined | 2.4 km | 84 | 1,067 |
| Queanbeyan High School, Queanbeyan | Government | Secondary | 2.4 km | 448 | 967 |
| Queanbeyan West Public School, Queanbeyan | Government | Primary | 2.7 km | 387 | 988 |
| Queanbeyan South Public School, Queanbeyan | Government | Primary | 2.8 km | 419 | 939 |
| Tirriwirri School, Karabar | Government | Combined | 2.9 km | 34 | 944 |
| Karabar High School, Queanbeyan | Government | Secondary | 3.0 km | 723 | 982 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Queanbeyan East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13305/queanbeyan-east/topic/education