34.1% ▲ +8.4%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.4%
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 34.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Cecil Plains · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Cecil Plains
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Cecil Plains have finished high school or university compared to the rest of the state. Only 34.1% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1%. This gap extends to higher education, where the proportion of adults with a university degree is much lower than in most other areas.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the national figure, with only 34.1% of people finishing. This is much lower than most areas, and the same percentage of residents finished at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →Cecil Plains splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (37%) and Year 10 (37%), with Year 9 or below at 18%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up just 7.8% of the population, which is far below the Australian figure of 26.3%. Instead, Certificate III or IV is the most common qualification at 35.6%.
7.8% ▼ -0.7%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 7.8%
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 Cecil Plains, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 50%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 21%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for those with qualifications are Engineering at 12.5% and Management and Commerce at 11.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Cecil Plains has 16.39 schools per 1,000 children, which is much higher than most areas, though the typical school is much smaller with only 39 students.
16.39
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
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).
39
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
851
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Cecil Plains
1 school — 39 students, average ICSEA 851.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Combined 1
| Cecil Plains State School, Cecil Plains | Government | Combined | 2.6 km | 39 | 851 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Cecil Plains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30566/cecil-plains/topic/education