49.6% —
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 41.2%
- 2021: 49.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Banks Pocket · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Banks Pocket
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
More people in Banks Pocket finished Year 12 than in most similar areas, though overall school and degree levels remain low. While about half of residents completed high school, this is well below the national figure of 58.8%.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 49.6% of people finished Year 12, which is higher than in similar areas but well below the Queensland figure of 57.1%. Roughly 30.5% of the population stopped at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Banks Pocket, Year 12 is the majority at 51%; Year 10 is next at 31%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The proportion of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is 15.1%, which is far below the Australian average of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 35.8% of residents.
15.1% —
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 15.1%
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 Banks Pocket, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 49%, followed by Bachelor degree (26%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (22%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in Banks Pocket are spread across several fields, with Education (17.9%) and Health (17.0%) being the most common, followed by Engineering at 16.0%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are four schools within 3km, which is more than 73% of similar areas. These schools are typically quite large, with an average size of 589 students, and 75% are government-run.
4
Higher than 71% 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).
589
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
987
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Banks Pocket
4 schools — 2,354 students, average ICSEA 987.
By sector: Government 3 · Independent 1
By type: Primary 2 · Combined 1 · Secondary 1
| Victory College, Gympie | Independent | Combined | 1.5 km | 851 | 1,026 |
| Gympie West State School, Gympie | Government | Primary | 2.6 km | 384 | 948 |
| James Nash State High School, Gympie | Government | Secondary | 3.1 km | 1,027 | 976 |
| Two Mile State School, Two Mile | Government | Primary | 3.5 km | 92 | 913 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Banks Pocket [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30145/banks-pocket/topic/education