43.8% ▲ +12.8%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.8%
- 2016: 39.2%
- 2021: 43.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Cedar Pocket · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Cedar Pocket
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Cedar Pocket sits around the middle of similar areas for education, though many residents lack formal qualifications. Only 43.8% of people here finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This trend extends to higher education, where a much smaller share of adults hold university degrees compared to the state and national averages.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the Queensland rate of 57.1%, with only 43.8% of residents finishing high school. About 29.2% of the population listed Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Cedar Pocket, the largest group is Year 12 at 48%, followed by Year 10 (32%) and Year 11 (10%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 16.0% of the population, which is far below the Australian average of 26.3%. The most common qualification held is a Certificate III or IV at 34.7%.
16.0% ▲ +32.3%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 16.0%
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 Cedar Pocket, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 46%, followed by Bachelor degree (26%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (17%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for those with qualifications are Engineering and related subjects at 15.3%, followed by Management and commerce at 10.2%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one government primary school within 3km, which is more than about 59% of similar areas. This school is smaller than most, with a typical size of 174 students.
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).
174
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
979
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Cedar Pocket
1 school — 174 students, average ICSEA 979.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Gympie East State School, Greens Creek | Government | Primary | 6.0 km | 174 | 979 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Cedar Pocket [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30570/cedar-pocket/topic/education