37.5% —
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Caroline Crossing · Suburb / Locality
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A lack of local schooling options defines the educational landscape in Caroline Crossing, where only 37.5% of people have finished Year 12. This figure is far below the national rate of 58.8%, suggesting a community where many leave school early.
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the Queensland average, with only 37.5% of residents finishing high school. Meanwhile, 31.3% of the population lists Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
37.5% —
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
In Caroline Crossing, the largest group is Year 12 at 48%, followed by Year 10 (40%) and Year 11 (12%).
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
While 18.8% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is higher than in most similar areas, this remains well below the national figure of 26.3%.
18.8% —
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Caroline Crossing splits fairly evenly between Bachelor degree (50%) and Certificate III / IV (50%).
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Architecture & building at 24%, ahead of Management & commerce (18%).
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Daily life is impacted by a lack of nearby facilities, with zero schools located within 3 km of the area.
0
Lower than 99% 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).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Caroline Crossing [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30546/caroline-crossing/topic/education