72.6% ▲ +20.5%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.2%
- 2016: 69.0%
- 2021: 72.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Carina Heights · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Carina Heights
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A far higher proportion of adults in Carina Heights have finished high school and earned degrees compared to the rest of the state. This is an area of high educational achievement, where 72.6% of residents completed Year 12, which is far above the national figure of 58.8%.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is among the highest for similar areas, sitting at 72.6%. This is 16 percentage points higher than the Queensland average.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Carina Heights, Year 12 is the majority at 77%; Year 10 is next at 13%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is common here, with 35.7% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is well above the Australian figure of 26.3%.
35.7% ▲ +46.4%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.4%
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 35.7%
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 Carina Heights, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 40%, followed by Certificate III / IV (23%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (17%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common qualifications are in management and commerce (22.8%), followed by society and culture and engineering, which both sit at 12.4%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are 29 schools within 3km, among the largest number for similar areas. These schools are typically larger than most, with an average size of 650 students.
29
Higher than 88% 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).
650
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,107
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Carina Heights
29 schools — 18,864 students, average ICSEA 1,107.
By sector: Government 19 · Catholic 9 · Independent 1
By type: Primary 20 · Secondary 5 · Combined 4
| Whites Hill State College, Camp Hill | Government | Combined | 0.9 km | 832 | 1,020 |
| St Martin's School, Carina | Catholic | Primary | 1.7 km | 627 | 1,111 |
| San Sisto College, Carina | Catholic | Secondary | 1.8 km | 805 | 1,080 |
| Camp Hill State Infants and Primary School, Camp Hill | Government | Primary | 1.8 km | 767 | 1,131 |
| Cavendish Road State High School, Holland Park | Government | Secondary | 1.9 km | 2,037 | 1,103 |
| Carina State School, Carindale | Government | Primary | 2.0 km | 267 | 1,036 |
| Loreto College Coorparoo, Coorparoo | Catholic | Combined | 2.5 km | 989 | 1,148 |
| Mayfield State School, Carina | Government | Primary | 2.5 km | 393 | 1,073 |
| Our Lady of Mount Carmel School, Coorparoo | Catholic | Primary | 2.6 km | 605 | 1,151 |
| Seville Road State School, Holland Park | Government | Primary | 2.6 km | 111 | 970 |
| Holland Park State School, Holland Park | Government | Primary | 2.7 km | 778 | 1,149 |
| St Thomas' School, Camp Hill | Catholic | Primary | 2.7 km | 325 | 1,156 |
| Belmont State School, Carindale | Government | Primary | 2.7 km | 873 | 1,129 |
| Queensland Pathways State College, Coorparoo | Government | Secondary | 3.0 km | 384 | 964 |
| Coorparoo State School, Coorparoo | Government | Primary | 3.1 km | 809 | 1,132 |
| Mount Gravatt East State School, Mount Gravatt East | Government | Primary | 3.1 km | 251 | 1,000 |
| Mount Gravatt State School, Mount Gravatt | Government | Primary | 3.2 km | 259 | 1,051 |
| St Agnes School, Mount Gravatt | Catholic | Primary | 3.3 km | 455 | 1,106 |
| Seven Hills State School, Seven Hills | Government | Primary | 3.3 km | 487 | 1,123 |
| St Joachim's School, Holland Park | Catholic | Primary | 3.3 km | 333 | 1,124 |
| Mount Gravatt State High School, Mount Gravatt | Government | Secondary | 3.5 km | 1,217 | 1,079 |
| Marshall Road State School, Holland Park West | Government | Primary | 3.6 km | 499 | 1,135 |
| St James Primary School, Coorparoo | Catholic | Primary | 3.6 km | 132 | 1,102 |
| Greenslopes State School, Greenslopes | Government | Primary | 3.8 km | 310 | 1,108 |
| Nursery Road State Special School, Holland Park West | Government | Combined | 3.9 km | 158 | 1,034 |
| Holland Park State High School, Holland Park West | Government | Secondary | 4.0 km | 529 | 1,055 |
| Citipointe Christian College, Carindale | Independent | Combined | 4.0 km | 1,805 | 1,166 |
| St Oliver Plunkett School, Cannon Hill | Catholic | Primary | 4.1 km | 615 | 1,112 |
| Mansfield State School, Mansfield | Government | Primary | 4.3 km | 1,212 | 1,116 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Carina Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30539/carina-heights/topic/education