39.4% ▲ +26.1%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.3%
- 2016: 36.7%
- 2021: 39.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Cranley · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Cranley
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer people have finished high school in Cranley than in most other areas. Only 39.4% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This pattern of lower school completion extends to higher education, where university degrees are less common than across the state.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
High school completion is far below the Queensland average, with only 39.4% of people finishing Year 12. About 30.8% of residents stopped at Year 10, and 14.9% left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Cranley, the largest group is Year 12 at 43%, followed by Year 10 (34%) and Year 9 or below (16%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 14.8% of the population, which is far below the Australian average of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 30.1% of residents.
14.8% ▲ +43.4%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 14.8%
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 Cranley, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 39%, followed by Bachelor degree (26%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (21%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for those with qualifications are Engineering and related fields at 15.4%, followed closely by Health at 15.3% and Management and Commerce at 15.2%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Cranley is well served by 14 schools within 3 kilometres, a higher number than about 85% of similar areas. Most of these are government primary schools, and they tend to be larger than those in other areas.
14
Higher than 84% 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).
432
Higher than 63% 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 Cranley
14 schools — 6,046 students, average ICSEA 979.
By sector: Government 8 · Catholic 5 · Independent 1
By type: Primary 8 · Secondary 4 · Combined 2
| Rockville State School, Rockville | Government | Primary | 2.2 km | 189 | 810 |
| Wilsonton State High School, Wilsonton Heights | Government | Secondary | 2.7 km | 904 | 920 |
| Fairview Heights State School, Wilsonton | Government | Primary | 2.8 km | 342 | 931 |
| Sacred Heart Primary School, Toowoomba | Catholic | Primary | 2.9 km | 246 | 998 |
| Wilsonton State School, Wilsonton | Government | Primary | 3.3 km | 438 | 893 |
| Toowoomba Christian College, Highfields | Independent | Combined | 3.5 km | 810 | 1,066 |
| Good Samaritan College, Toowoomba | Catholic | Secondary | 3.7 km | 79 | 950 |
| Downlands College, Toowoomba | Catholic | Combined | 4.1 km | 1,187 | 1,060 |
| Gowrie State School, Gowrie Junction | Government | Primary | 4.1 km | 210 | 1,013 |
| Toowoomba West Special School, Newtown | Government | Primary | 4.1 km | 140 | 953 |
| Harlaxton State School, Harlaxton | Government | Primary | 4.1 km | 177 | 828 |
| Holy Name Primary School, Toowoomba | Catholic | Primary | 4.6 km | 148 | 987 |
| St Ursula's College, Toowoomba | Catholic | Secondary | 4.9 km | 401 | 1,043 |
| Toowoomba State High School, Mount Lofty | Government | Secondary | 5.3 km | 775 | 934 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Cranley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30744/cranley/topic/education