49.4% ▲ +18.1%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 41.8%
- 2016: 45.1%
- 2021: 49.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Blackstone · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Blackstone
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Forty-one point five per cent of qualified adults in Blackstone hold a Certificate III or IV, the most common qualification in the area. While many residents have a vocational qualification, the typical person is less likely to have finished high school or a university degree than people in the rest of the state.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Less than half of residents (49.4%) completed Year 12, which is well below the Australian figure of 58.8%. This is higher than most similar areas, though 24.2% of people only reached Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Blackstone, Year 12 is the majority at 53%; Year 10 is next at 26%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are less common here, with only 12.6% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the national figure of 26.3%.
12.6% ▲ +51.2%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.3%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 12.6%
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 Blackstone, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 50%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (20%) and Bachelor degree (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most popular fields of study for qualified residents are management and commerce at 17.5%, followed by engineering at 15.4% and society and culture at 11.7%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are 13 schools within 3km, which is more than 85% of similar areas. These schools are larger than most in their category, with government schools making up 61.5% of the sector.
13
Higher than 83% 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).
452
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
977
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Blackstone
13 schools — 5,880 students, average ICSEA 977.
By sector: Government 8 · Independent 3 · Catholic 2
By type: Primary 7 · Combined 3 · Secondary 3
| Claremont Special School, Silkstone | Government | Combined | 1.5 km | 199 | 964 |
| Sacred Heart School, Booval | Catholic | Primary | 2.0 km | 548 | 1,022 |
| Bundamba State Secondary College, Bundamba | Government | Secondary | 2.1 km | 794 | 896 |
| Bundamba State School, Bundamba | Government | Primary | 2.2 km | 374 | 897 |
| Silkstone State School, Silkstone | Government | Primary | 2.3 km | 675 | 937 |
| Raceview State School, Raceview | Government | Primary | 2.3 km | 679 | 933 |
| Bethany Lutheran Primary School, Raceview | Independent | Primary | 2.8 km | 356 | 1,062 |
| Y Schools Queensland - Ipswich, Bundamba | Independent | Secondary | 3.1 km | 173 | 880 |
| Ipswich Central State School, Ipswich | Government | Primary | 3.6 km | 529 | 980 |
| Ipswich East State School, East Ipswich | Government | Primary | 3.6 km | 287 | 878 |
| Ipswich Girls' Grammar School including Ipswich Junior Grammar School, East Ipswich | Independent | Combined | 3.7 km | 1,047 | 1,122 |
| Ipswich Flexible School, Ipswich | Catholic | Secondary | 4.0 km | 111 | 892 |
| Ipswich Special School, Ipswich | Government | Combined | 4.1 km | 108 | 962 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Blackstone [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30279/blackstone/topic/education