41.6% —
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.7%
- 2021: 41.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Blacksoil · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Blacksoil
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Blacksoil have finished high school or university compared to the rest of the country. Only 41.6% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This reflects a local profile where trade certificates are much more common than degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion rates are far below the state and national figures, with only 41.6% of people finishing Year 12. About 27% of residents stopped at Year 10, while 22.5% left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Blacksoil, the largest group is Year 12 at 43%, followed by Year 10 (28%) and Year 9 or below (23%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 13.5% of the population, which is well below the Queensland average. Instead, trade qualifications are the most common, with 44.7% of people holding a Certificate III or IV.
13.5% —
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 13.5%
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 Blacksoil, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 57%; Bachelor degree is next at 22%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are management and commerce at 21.3%, followed by architecture and building and health, which both stand at 19.1%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one independent school within 3km that is among the largest of its kind, with a typical size of 1,495 students and a school advantage score much higher than most areas.
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).
1,495
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,072
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Blacksoil
1 school — 1,495 students, average ICSEA 1,072.
By sector: Independent 1
By type: Combined 1
| West Moreton Anglican College, Karrabin | Independent | Combined | 1.4 km | 1,495 | 1,072 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Blacksoil [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30278/blacksoil/topic/education