46.6% ▲ +4.9%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 44.4%
- 2016: 38.3%
- 2021: 46.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Comet · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Comet
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Comet finished high school compared to the state and national figures. Only 46.6% of residents completed Year 12, and the area has a much lower proportion of university degrees than most other places.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion sits at 46.6%, which is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1% and the national rate of 58.8%. About 26% of the population had Year 10 as their highest year of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Comet, Year 12 is the majority at 54%; Year 10 is next at 30%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University qualifications are less common here, with only 14.4% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is well below the Queensland figure of 21.9%, though Certificate III and IV qualifications are the most frequent at 33.1%.
14.4% ▲ +46.5%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 6.4%
- 2021: 14.4%
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 Comet, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 47%, followed by Bachelor degree (33%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (15%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are Agriculture and Environment at 18.6%, followed by Engineering at 14.5% and Education at 12.2%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Local schools are very small, with an average size of just 8 students, though they have a much higher advantage score than most areas. There is one government primary school within 3km, and the area has a much higher number of schools per 1,000 children than typical.
15.63
Higher than 84% 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).
8
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,038
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Comet
1 school — 8 students, average ICSEA 1,038.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Comet State School, Comet | Government | Primary | 6.9 km | 8 | 1,038 |
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Comet [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30656/comet/topic/education