39.9% ▲ +15.7%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.5%
- 2016: 35.2%
- 2021: 39.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Agnes Water · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Agnes Water
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 19 percentage points separates Agnes Water from the national figure for Year 12 completion. Only 39.9% of people here finished high school, which is far below the state and national averages. This pattern of lower formal schooling is reflected in the qualification levels across the area.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 39.9% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1% and the national average. Many people in the area left school earlier, with 28.7% finishing at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Agnes Water, the largest group is Year 12 at 47%, followed by Year 10 (34%) and Year 9 or below (10%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The 13.8% of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is well below the Queensland rate of 21.9%. Trade qualifications are more common, with 36.6% of people holding a Certificate III or IV.
13.8% ▲ +60.1%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 13.8%
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 Agnes Water, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 51%; Bachelor degree is next at 20%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, Engineering and related fields are the most common at 17.7%, followed by Management and commerce at 11.4%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has three schools within 3 km, which is more than 70% of similar places. These schools are typically small, with an average size of 208 students, and two-thirds are independent.
4.67
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
3
Higher than 67% 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).
208
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,004
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Agnes Water
3 schools — 624 students, average ICSEA 1,004.
By sector: Independent 2 · Government 1
By type: Primary 2 · Combined 1
| Discovery Christian College, Agnes Water | Independent | Combined | 0.9 km | 345 | 1,020 |
| Agnes Water State School, Agnes Water | Government | Primary | 1.6 km | 210 | 972 |
| Goora Gan Steiner School, Agnes Water | Independent | Primary | 3.2 km | 69 | 1,024 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Agnes Water [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30014/agnes-water/topic/education