37.7% ▲ +43.4%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.3%
- 2016: 31.7%
- 2021: 37.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Armstrong Beach · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Armstrong Beach
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Much lower qualification levels than most similar areas define Armstrong Beach, where only 7.3% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the national figure of 26.3%. Many residents have not finished high school, with only 37.7% completing Year 12.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Completion rates for Year 12 are far below the state and national figures, sitting at 37.7%. Roughly 30.7% of residents finished Year 10, while 9.2% left school at Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Armstrong Beach, the largest group is Year 12 at 44%, followed by Year 10 (36%) and Year 9 or below (11%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
A bachelor degree or higher is rare here, at 7.3%, which is far below the Queensland average of 21.9%. Instead, the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 43.5% of adults.
7.3% ▲ +122.1%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 7.3%
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 Armstrong Beach, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 61%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 16%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common field is Engineering and related subjects at 26.2%. Management and commerce follow at 11%, while Society and culture accounts for 8.1%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are two primary schools within 3km, which is more than about 66% of similar areas. These schools have an average size of 261 students and an average advantage score that is much lower than most areas.
2
Higher than 62% 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).
261
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
912
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Armstrong Beach
2 schools — 521 students, average ICSEA 912.
By sector: Government 1 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 2
| Sarina State School, Sarina | Government | Primary | 5.9 km | 359 | 890 |
| St Anne's Catholic Primary School, Sarina | Catholic | Primary | 6.1 km | 162 | 962 |
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Armstrong Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30084/armstrong-beach/topic/education