27.4% ▲ +17.9%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.3%
- 2016: 25.9%
- 2021: 27.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Ambrose · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Ambrose
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer residents in Ambrose have completed high school than in most other areas, with only 27.4% finishing Year 12. This lack of formal schooling is mirrored in the qualifications of the adult population, where university degrees are far less common than across Queensland and Australia.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 27.4% of people finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. The most common highest year of school completed is Year 10, at 33.5%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Ambrose, the largest group is Year 10 at 40%, followed by Year 12 (33%) and Year 9 or below (20%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 9.4% of the population, a figure far below the 26.3% national average. Most qualified residents hold a Certificate III or IV, at 41.2%.
9.4% ▲ +239.6%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 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 Ambrose, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 60%; Bachelor degree is next at 14%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, Engineering and related fields are the most common at 17.6%, followed by Management and commerce at 14.1%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are 20 schools per 1,000 children, which is much higher than most areas, though the average school size of 76 is much lower. The only school in the area is a government primary school.
20.00
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
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).
76
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
931
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Ambrose
1 school — 76 students, average ICSEA 931.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Ambrose State School, Ambrose | Government | Primary | 3.3 km | 76 | 931 |
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Ambrose [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30054/ambrose/topic/education