49.3% ▲ +47.1%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.5%
- 2016: 38.5%
- 2021: 49.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Coalstoun Lakes · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Coalstoun Lakes
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer than half of the residents in Coalstoun Lakes have finished Year 12, which is well below the national figure. While this is higher than in most similar areas, the community generally holds fewer formal qualifications than people across Queensland and Australia.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 49.3% of people completed Year 12, a result that is well below the Queensland and Australian averages. For those who left school earlier, 28% finished Year 10 and 16% finished Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Coalstoun Lakes, Year 12 is the majority at 53%; Year 10 is next at 30%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 13.4% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the national average. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 38.6% of residents.
13.4% ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.0%
- 2016: 19.1%
- 2021: 13.4%
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 Coalstoun Lakes, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 55%; Bachelor degree is next at 35%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Those with qualifications in Coalstoun Lakes most commonly studied Engineering (20.5%) and Health (18.2%), followed by Agriculture and Environment at 13.6%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one government primary school, which is much smaller than most others with an average of 28 students. This gives the area one of the highest numbers of schools per 1,000 children.
40.00
Higher than 99% 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).
28
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,006
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Coalstoun Lakes
1 school — 28 students, average ICSEA 1,006.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Coalstoun Lakes State School, Coalstoun Lakes | Government | Primary | 0.7 km | 28 | 1,006 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Coalstoun Lakes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30638/coalstoun-lakes/topic/education