71.9% ▲ +13.1%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.6%
- 2016: 67.5%
- 2021: 71.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Camp Mountain · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Camp Mountain
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Nearly 72% of people in Camp Mountain have completed Year 12, which is far above the national figure. This is a highly educated area where high school completion and university degrees are both much more common than in most other places.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far above the Queensland and Australian figures, with 71.9% of residents finishing their final school year. Only 3.5% of people left school in Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Camp Mountain, Year 12 is the majority at 74%; Year 10 is next at 16%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The area has a very high proportion of university graduates, with 35.8% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is well above the national figure and much higher than most other areas.
35.8% ▲ +25.2%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.6%
- 2016: 31.3%
- 2021: 35.8%
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 Camp Mountain, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 38%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (22%) and Certificate III / IV (20%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are management and commerce at 22.5%, followed by engineering and related fields at 15%. Health and society and culture also make up a significant share of qualifications.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Local schools are much larger than in most areas, with an average size of 574 students. There are four schools within 3km, and half of them 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).
574
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,090
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Camp Mountain
4 schools — 2,294 students, average ICSEA 1,090.
By sector: Government 2 · Independent 1 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 3 · Combined 1
| Samford Valley Steiner School, Wights Mountain | Independent | Combined | 1.8 km | 500 | 1,103 |
| Samford State School, Samford Village | Government | Primary | 2.4 km | 587 | 1,100 |
| St Andrew's Catholic School, Ferny Grove | Catholic | Primary | 5.2 km | 539 | 1,097 |
| Ferny Grove State School, Ferny Grove | Government | Primary | 5.3 km | 668 | 1,066 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Camp Mountain [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30505/camp-mountain/topic/education